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Private JOSEPH CAY TAWS

Service Number: 17249
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. A. 6A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Taws, of North Shields; husband of Annie Taws, of 41, Dene St., North Shields.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE AND FAMILY MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISITER
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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