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Private JAMES MORTON

Service Number: 16/1488
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OWL TRENCH CEMETERY, HEBUTERNE

Row A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Frances Jane Morton, of 67, Croft St., Heckmondwike, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

OWL TRENCH CEMETERY, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 53
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