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Gunner ERNEST CHARLES SOUTHCOMBE

Service Number: 138362
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

117th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 15 February 1917

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

A. 25.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Betsy Southcombe, of Laira, Plymouth; husband of Fanny Southcombe, of 3, Gilwell Cottages East, Plymouth.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WILL LINK THE GOLDEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

COUIN NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 362
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