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Able Seaman CHRISTOPHER DOUTHWAITE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

8. K. 9.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Christopher Thomas Douthwaite and Lucy Douthwaite, of Romiley, Cheshire; husband of Joan Watson Douthwaite, of Farnworth, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS BETTER, DEAR, TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST YOU, THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED YOU AT ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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