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Corporal JAMES RANDALL THURSBY

Service Number: 370574
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

III. J. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Matilda Thursby, of 7, Grove Place, Acton, London.
  • Personal Inscription A BELOVED SON AND BROTHER AND A TRUE SPORTSMAN IN PEACE AND WAR
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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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