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Private WILLIAM THOMAS JAMES

Service Number: 31031
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1916

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

V. C. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Charles and Emma James, of Stockport; husband of Edith Emily James, of 12, Rose Court, Travis Brow, Stockport.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH ABSENT IN BODY EVER IN THE THOUGHTS OF OF HIS WIFE EDITH & SON WILLIE
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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