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Bombardier JAMES GROAT

Service Number: 368074
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

225th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 03 June 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME

IV. M. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Margaret Groat, of The Castle, Stronsay, Kirkwall, Orkney.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE WAS DESIRED BUT GOD DID SEE ETERNAL LIFE WAS BEST FOR THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 498
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