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Private JAMES ESSEN

Service Number: G/10409
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

II. H. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rolf and Elizabeth Emma Essen; husband of Edith Essen, of 3, Foster Terrace, Croxdale, Durham.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF EDITH ESSEN OF CROXDALE
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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