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Private JAMES WILLIAM GROVES

Service Number: 45840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

21st (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Sarah Ellen Groves, of 18, Red Lion St., Earby, Colne, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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