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Private IDRIS JAMES

Service Number: 14961317
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1947

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY

D. C. 6.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Evan David and Margaret Ann James, of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription A RAY OF SUNSHINE CAME AND WENT A PRECIOUS ANGEL LENT. LOVED BY MAM, DAD, DES.
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Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 887
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