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Private JAMES JOSEPH COSGROVE

Service Number: 2762411
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 June 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IIIA. J. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Martin and Eliza Jane Cosgrove, of Dundee; husband of Mary Cosgrove, of Dundee.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE YOU LOVE IS NOT TO DIE. NOT GOOD-BYE, ONLY GOOD-NIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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