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Private JAMES WINSTANLEY

Service Number: 17958
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

I. F. 33.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas and Ellen Winstanley, of Plank Lane, Leigh, Lancs. Born at Wigan, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription WE OFTEN SIT & SPEAK OF HIM PICTURING HIM IN OUR MEMORY JUST AS WE SAW HIM LAST
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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