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Lance Corporal JAMES LONGSHAW

Service Number: 3859444
Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

1. E. 6.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Esther Longshaw, of Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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