POTTER, JAMES WILLIAM
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Lance corporal
14557274
17/09/1944
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Devonshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
M M
II. A. 12.
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Son of Joseph James Potter and Florence Jane Potter.
James William Potter served with the 2nd Battalion Devons. On the 17th of September 1944 his unit was part of an operation called “Market Garden”. The Devons were clearing the flanks for the Irish Guards during their race to reach Arnhem. Next to the road from Lommel, Belgium, toward Valkenswaard, James Potter was killed.
From the service records of James William Potter, the following account can be reconstructed.
James William Potter was born on 5 October 1924 in Plymouth, Devonshire. In civilian life he worked as a storeman in a cold store. He enlisted in the British Army on 4 March 1943 and initially joined the General Service Corps. On 4 August 1943 he was transferred to the Devonshire Regiment.
James William Potter was not married.
He embarked for service in North West Europe on 31 May 1944.
James William Potter was killed in action on 17 September 1944.
Citation for James William Potter his Military Medal.
Original gravesite along the road from Belgium towards Valkenswaard.