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Rifleman JAMES WILLIAM TURNER

Service Number: S/866
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

I. F. 34.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Gertrude Ashton, of 1, Dean St., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE AND LIKE A SOLDIER FELL
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Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 953
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