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Private JAMES WILLIAM SCANLON

Service Number: 10092
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

III. D. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jeremiah and Annie Scanlon.
  • Personal Inscription HE QUICKLY ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO ONE AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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