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Capt. · 2/4 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

Donald Rolls Potter

† 21/12/1917 · aged 23 · Jerusalem War Cemetery, S.2; personal inscription: THROUGH THE GATE OF DEATH WE PASS TO OUR JOYFUL RESURRECTION

Personal data

NamePotter
InitialsD.R.
Christian nameDonald Rolls
FamilySon of Joseph Foot and Mary Jane Potter, of Bardown, Ticehurst, Sussex.

Extra information

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Educated at Rugby
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Went into business (1911)

Military data

RankCapt.
Regiment / Unit2/4 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Date of death
Age23
Cemetery / MemorialJerusalem War Cemetery, S.2; personal inscription: THROUGH THE GATE OF DEATH WE PASS TO OUR JOYFUL RESURRECTION

Other information

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"Killed in action Palestine"
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'The Donald Potter Lamp' was endowed to Stonegate Branch on 08.01.1936. First lit on 27.06.1936 at Crystal Palace, London, by H.R.H. the Duke of Kent. "In memory of Donald Rolls Potter, Captain, 4th Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Jerusalem, 30.12.1917 (sic)." (Donated by his sister)

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BRT36 (1/4 The Queen's)