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Fusilier JAMES (JIM) CRANSTON

Service Number: 3129840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 June 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

13. D. 11.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Mary Cranston; husband of Annie Cranston, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
  • Personal Inscription JIM. THO' THEY DO NOT SEE ME WEEP, I SHED MY TEARS WHEN OTHERS SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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