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Private WILLIAM JOHN JAMES

Service Number: 56730
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 December 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVI. B. 3A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John R. and Jane James, of Cilfynydd, Pontypridd.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY THY FACE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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