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Gunner JAMES MACNEILL TAINSH

Service Number: 630090
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

31st Heavy Bty. 35th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE

Plot 3. Row A. Grave 9.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jas. Macneill and Blanche Edith Learmouth Tainsh, of Bandra, Bombay Presidency. Educated at Gordon's College, Aberdeen, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

GIAVERA BRITISH CEMETERY, ARCADE
Italy
Number of casualties: 417
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