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Private JOHN JAMES BALFOUR

Service Number: 200993
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northamptonshire Regiment

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XV. D. 10.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Balfour, of 87, Stanhope Rd., Northampton.
  • Personal Inscription HE CLIMBED THE STEEP ASCENT OF HEAVEN THROUGH PERIL,TOIL AND PAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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