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Private HENRY JAMES SILK

Service Number: 14797
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

4th (Pioneer) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

II. J. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David Edward and Sarah Ann Silk. Native of Peckham, London.
  • Personal Inscription "DUTY DONE - GLORY WON"
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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