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Private JAMES DERBYSHIRE

Service Number: 37226
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

VIII. F. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hannah and the late James Derbyshire, of Compstall, nr. Stockport; husband of Alice Adelaide Derbyshire of 10, Olive Grove, Southport, Lancs. Previously served with the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry.
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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