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| DONNELLY, James Gunner (Royal Artillery) (1906-1944)
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| DONNELLY, James Gunner (Royal Artillery) 1
Born: 30 March 1906, Shotts parish (Western district), Lanarkshire, Scotland 1 2Died: 12 September 1944, Singapore 3 4    User ID: L259.    General Notes:  "DONNELLYJAMES
 MCCONNACHIE (mother's surname)
 M
 1906
 655 / 3 / 37
 SHOTTS (WESTERN DISTRICT)"
 
 from Index of Births
 
 
 "Name:James Donnelly
 Rank:Gunner
 Birth Date:30 Mar 1906
 Birth Place:Clelland, Scotland
 Military Date:1939-1945
 Military Place:Singapore
 Regiment:118th Field Regt R.a. Army
 Service Number:1108626
 Mother:Ellen
 Description: 15: Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, World War II: Didd-Dunmore"
 
 from UK, World War II Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
 
 
 "DONNELLY
 JAMES
 38
 M
 1944
 152 / AF / 102
 SERVICE RETURNS"
 
 from Index of Deaths
 
 
 "GUNNER
 JAMES DONNELLY
 Service Number: 1108626
 Regiment & Unit/Ship
 Royal Artillery
 
 118 Field Regt.
 
 Date of Death
 Died 12 September 1944
 
 Age 38 years old
 
 Buried or commemorated at
 SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
 
 Column 17.
 
 Singapore"
 
 from War Graves Commission website 1 3 4 5
 
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Sources
1
GRO Scotland, Index of Births.
2
GRO Scotland, Shotts (Western district) Lanarkshire Births.
3
ancestry.co.uk, UK, World War II Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945.
4
Internet Site, https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4018289/james-donnelly/.
5
GRO Scotland, Index of Deaths.
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