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Private JAMES LONG

Service Number: 56695
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Special Memorial 44.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Sarah Long, of 101 Grawen, Brecon Rd., Merthyr Tydvil, Glam.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1951
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