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Boy JAMES FRED LACEY

Service Number: J/43496
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Chester."

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1916

Age 16 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WEMBLEY OLD BURIAL GROUND

H. 986.

United Kingdom

Wembley Old Burial Ground. Headstone of Boy James Fred Lacey, Royal Navy, HMS Chester, who died during the Battle of Jutland.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of James Fred and Agnes Mary Lacey, of 13, Bridgeway, Lyon Park, Wembley.
  • Personal Inscription JUTLAND MAY 31ST 1916 "STRAIGHT FROM BOYHOOD'S YEARS TO NOBLE MANHOOD" DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

WEMBLEY OLD BURIAL GROUND
Middlesex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 20
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