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Private JAMES EDWARD CHESTERTON

Service Number: 13964
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1915

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY

A. 2.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Fanny Chesterton, of West End, Barlestone, Nuneaton.
  • Personal Inscription A HERO BOLD AT NATION'S CALL AROSE AND WENT UNTO HIS FALL
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU LAWN CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 229
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