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Private WARD HUMES

Service Number: 3186167
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES

Plot 11. Row A. Grave 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John George and Mary Elizabeth Humes, of Wheatley Hill, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY FROM SIGHT AND SPEECH, BUT NOT TOO FAR FOR THOUGHTS TO REACH
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Buried or commemorated at

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 2681
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