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Private JAMES ELKERTON

Service Number: 11662
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. A. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James and Maria Elkerton, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED A HERO'S DEATH HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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