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Company Serjeant Major JAMES DAVENPORT

Service Number: 10951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Defence Corps

316th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1917

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY

II. C. 218.

United Kingdom

TWIN GRAVE MARKER. James Davenport WOII (Warrant Officer Class 2/CSM) Royal Ordnance Corps 15.05.17 Aged (45) AKIA Eretna Greece 1st Inscription also younger brother of above James (Sonny) Davenport 5th King's Liverpool Regiment KIA 17.05.15 Aged (20) Buried at Festubert France 3rd Inscription PM White Egyptian column with decretive top. 4 behind/5 left of Proctor LCC Maintained.

Photographer: Keith Page

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Jane Davenport, of 1, Smyma Rd., Bootle, Liverpool.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIVERPOOL (ANFIELD) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1017
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