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Sapper JAMES HAMILTON

Service Number: 14671248
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

253 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Margaret Hamilton, of Glasgow; grandson of Mrs. M. Burns, of Parkhead, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription YOUR LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY YOUR ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF. GRANNIE AND JOHN
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 809
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