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Flight Lieutenant JAMES WALLACE POTTS

Service Number: 123653
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

12 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WINTERSWIJK CEMETERY

Grave 17.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew Alexander Potts and Mary Elizabeth Potts, of Auckland City, New Zealand. M.A. (Cantab.).
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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WINTERSWIJK CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 50
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