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Chief Officer JOHN DALTON POTTS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Stanwold (London)

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY

Sec. 9. Grave 8390.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Johnson and Hannah Mary Potts, of South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SECOND SON OF JOHNSON AND HANNAH M. POTTS HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 444
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