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Private JAMES EDWARD GAWTHORN

Service Number: 20072
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

VIII. A. 5.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Gawthorn, of 2, Prospect Place, Ladywell, Lewisham, London; husband of Annie Gawthorn.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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