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Flying Officer DOUGLAS HAIG OVER

Service Number: 52177
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

74 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 December 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

4. D. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Arthur and Elizabeth Jane Over; husband of Elsie Over, of Bolton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription PRAISES ON TOMBS ARE VAINLY SPENT A GOOD NAME IS A MONUMENT
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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