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Private J RAND

Service Number: G/23636
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

III. H. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. J. Rand, of 21, Howard's Rd., Barking, Essex. His brother George Rand fell in the 1939-1945 war.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE HIS MEMORY NEVER DIES
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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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