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Sapper JAMES WEMYSS

Service Number: 177625
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

"Z" Special Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY

III. F. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Agnes Wemyss, of Edinburgh; husband of Dorothy Agnes Fell (formerly Wemyss), of 27, MacDonald St., Wavertree, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAULENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, LIGNY-THILLOY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 736
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