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Private JAMES SUMNER

Service Number: 29713
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART

H. 54.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Sumner, of Southport; husband of Elizabeth Annie Sumner, of 67, Matlock Rd., Bilkdale, Southport.
  • Personal Inscription LOVE ONE ANOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE CEMETERY, MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 548
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