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Private WILLIAM JAMES KIRKHAM

Service Number: 6801
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

1st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1916

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

X. O. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Isabella Kirkham, of Gleaston, Ulverston, Lancs., England.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED

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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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