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Second Lieutenant JAMES EKIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

VI. O. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Josephine Alice Ekin, of De Walden Court, Eastbourne. Native of Sydney, Australia. His brother Leslie Montrose Ekin also fell on the same day.
  • Personal Inscription NOW HEAVEN IS BY THE YOUNG INVADED
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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