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Able Seaman JAMES BUCHANAN

Service Number: C/SSX 26378
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Ceres

Date of Death

Died 10 February 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY

Naval Allotment Row D. Grave 20.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Martha Buchanan, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
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Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 185
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