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Able Seaman WILLIAM DAVID JAMES

Service Number: P/JX289121
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Moreton Bay

Date of Death

Died 11 December 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY

Sec. D.D. Grave 53.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ada James, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO HIS LOVING SISTER ADA DIED 24TH AUGUST 1943 AGE 26
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 275
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