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Sapper JAMES COOMBES

Service Number: WR/278145
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

12th Light Railway Operating Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY

II. E. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick John and Hannah Coombes, of 8, Buxton St., Birch St., Hyde Rd., West Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

HAGLE DUMP CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 439
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