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Private JAMES ATKINSON

Service Number: 17769
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 January 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY

I. C. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Hannah Atkinson of Hungerhill, Bampton, Penrith. His brother Thomas also fell.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SAILLISEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 771
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