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Serjeant JAMES STRETCH

Service Number: 71236
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

R.D. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1918

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY

Old cem. 11311.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Mary Stretch, of Higher Ferry, Sealand, Chester.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON, BROTHER AND UNCLE. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER (OVERLEIGH) CEMETERY
Cheshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 202
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