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Sapper JAMES HOWIESON

Service Number: 47241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

97th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. D. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Margaret Howieson, of 8A, Young St., Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY IS AS DEAR TO-DAY AS AT THE HOUR HE PASSED AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 422
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