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Rifleman JAMES FRANCE

Service Number: 4091
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 61.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Ann France, of 69, Owen Street, Thatto Heath, St. Helens, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription DEARER TO MEMORY THAN WORDS CAN TELL LOVING MOTHER SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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