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Lance Corporal JAMES STRAUGHAN

Service Number: 19/1040
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Adam and Mary J. Straughan, of Eastern Way, Darras Hall, Ponteland, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Native of Hazlerigg, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 742
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