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Private JAMES GEORGE HANDFORD

Service Number: 25317
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. G. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Ann Handford, of 19, Peel St., Derby.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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