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Private JAMES DENTON

Service Number: 3022
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE

II. E. 64.

France

Cem - 00859, Headstone No. 10 - No issues with headstone which has also been cleaned on 29/08/2022.

Photographer: Vincent Stuart

10 - 19/5/23 - Washed and scrubbed, grass cropped. The stone is in good condition.

Photographer: Vincent Stuart

20 - 19/5/23 - Washed and scrubbed, grass cropped. The stone is in good condition.

Photographer: Vincent Stuart

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matterson and Elizabeth Denton, of Stockton Heath, Warrington, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET MEMORIES ARE OFT RECALLED WITH MANY A SILENT THOUGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 896
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