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Sapper JOHN JAMES HANSOM

Service Number: 49196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

83rd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

I. J. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James and Mary Hansom, of West Hartlepool; husband of Jemima Hansom, of 25, Pelham St., West Hartlepool.
  • Personal Inscription THE SACRIFICE SUPREME
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Buried or commemorated at

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