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Private JAMES MEEKINGS

Service Number: 5647
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

XVIII. D. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. Meekings, of Thornton Heath; husband of Mary Meekings, of 60, Winterbourne Rd., Thornton Heath, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND TO LIVE IN HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1305
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