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Private JAMES STANSFIELD

Service Number: 37940
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 48.

France

Site visit 20th November 2024

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery - headstone to Sergeant Ivan Henry Hazard, CGM (Conspicuous Gallantry Medal)

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery - private memorial to Private Michael Francis Keane, who died of wounds received at Dunkirk.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery - private memorial to Private Michael Francis Keane, who died of wounds received at Dunkirk.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery - headstone to Brigadier Carl Hans Kuhne, DSO, OBE (Distinguished Service Order, Officer of the Order of the British Empire)

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery - headstone to Pilot Officer Alexander John Roberts Pate, DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross)

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery

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Wolvercote Cemetery- headstone to Flight Sergeant Joseph Israel Shaer, a casualty of the Jewish faith.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery- headstone to Flight Sergeant Joseph Israel Shaer, a casualty of the Jewish faith.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery- headstone to Flight Sergeant Joseph Israel Shaer, a casualty of the Jewish faith.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Wolvercote Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Headstone in Pishill Churchyard, Oxfordshire, UK: example of a 1939-45 Royal Navy badge code R2/1212 - the classic unslanted anchor used for the majority of 2nd world war graves (and all 2nd world war navy replacements)

Photographer: Chris Lofty

Good

Photographer: Peter Eastman

P/M Good Order

Photographer: Peter Eastman

legible, some weathering to stonework

Photographer: Peter Eastman

Good condition, Botticino

Photographer: Peter Eastman

PM, Good

Photographer: Peter Eastman

708 refers to the original red granite PM, however a brand new Botticino Headstone has been erected, and is in excellent order

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Impressive PM, needs a clean, but legible and good order

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Impressive PM, needs a clean, but legible and good order

Photographer: Peter Eastman

Joint Grave, PM, collapsing on RHS, Poor legibility. One to watch

Photographer: Peter Eastman

Good condition

Photographer: Peter Eastman

Site visit 20th November 2024

Photographer: Adam Kelsall

Good condition ( one for a clean )

Photographer: Peter Eastman

Good condition

Photographer: Peter Eastman

Good condition

Photographer: Peter Eastman

Good condition

Photographer: Peter Eastman

CAS ID 2421799

Photographer: UKNA

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Ann Stansfield, of 32, Prospect Hill, Rawtenstall, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HEARTS THAT HAVE LOVED CAN NEVER BE PARTED
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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