NEVIN, James Davidson

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PO/X 105139
Born: 
Monday, August 29, 1921
Birthplace: 
Newburn, Northumberland
Died : 
Thursday, November 22, 1945
Died in service
Age: 
24
Marine James Nevin died of illness at the Military E.M.S. Hospital, Shotley Bridge, Co. Durham [1][2].
 
James Davidson Nevin was born and brought up in Newburn in Northumberland and worked as a lorry driver for Walkers in Leamington on Tyne not long before the start of the war. On return to the UK from active service with 43RM Commando in Yugoslavia and Italy, Marine Nevin was diagnosed with cancer from which he died in November 1945. He received a full military funeral [3].
 
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] Registers Of Reports Of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM104/135.
[3] His nephew Martin Routledge.
 
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Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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