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Bombardier RICHARD WHITSON

Service Number: 1578493
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (PORTOBELLO) CEMETERY

Sec. Q. Grave 205.

United Kingdom

HEADSTONE

Photographer: Bill Jackson

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Whitson and of Marion Whitson (nee Watt), of Niddrie, Edinburgh.
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (PORTOBELLO) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 28
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