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Private WILLIAM LAYEN JAMES

Service Number: G/23688
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLCHESTER CEMETERY

S. 2. 23.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. W. Porter, of Swaffham, Norfolk; husband of Grace Mary James, of 20, Barrington Rd., Colchester.
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Buried or commemorated at

COLCHESTER CEMETERY
Essex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 489
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