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Private JOHN JAMES BROOM

Service Number: 42492
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

IV. C. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James and Eleanor Broom, of 3, Stainton St., West Hartlepool.
  • Personal Inscription IN CHERISHED MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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