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Bombardier JAMES ATHERTON

Service Number: L/3256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

148th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. B. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Martha Atherton, of Leigh; husband of Violet Atherton, of 161, Glebe St., Leigh, Lancs.
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Buried or commemorated at

DICKEBUSCH NEW MILITARY CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 548
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