Marine James Davidson Nevin

[Photo and information courtesy of his nephew Martin Routledge.]

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 from active service with 43RM Commando in Yugoslavia and Italy, Marine Nevin returned to the UK and was diagnosed with cancer from which he died in November 1945. He received a full military funeral.

In Memory of PO/X 105139 Marine James Davidson Nevin
43RM Commando, Royal Marines,
who died on the 22nd November 1945 aged 24,
Remembered with honour at Newburn (St Michael) Churchyard.