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Private JACOB OBEDIAH SALMON

Service Number: 14209
Regiment & Unit/Ship

British West Indies Regiment

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 February 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. I. 160.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 71st Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Salmon, of Ginger Grove, Ginger Hill, British West Indies.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY HE DIED FOR KING & COUNTRY BLESSED ARE THOSE DEPARTED IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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