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Private JAMES SMITH McDONALD

Service Number: 14656514
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VIII. E. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Donald and Marjory McDonald; husband of Elizabeth McDonald, of Cairnie, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO A HAPPY LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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