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Private JAMES CLAPPERTON

Service Number: 59159
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1916

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VI. D. 18A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Nellie Clapperton, of 24, Brougham Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. Native of Kelso, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE MOTHER, BROTHER & SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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