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James Hill - RFA

Details

Forename James
Surname Hill - RFA
Middle Name
Memorial Aspull Cenotaph
Age 29
Address 108 Longfield Street
Parents' Address
Township Aspull
Rank Gunner
Occupation or place of work Miner
Regiment Royal Field Artillery 115th Bde. Ammunition Col.
Day of Death 30
Month of Death August
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Malaria followed by Pneumonia, died whilst on home leave
Place of Burial Haigh St David Churchyard, grave no. 409
Regiment Number 70344
Name of War First World War
Location Aspull
Additional Information War Graves of the British Empire 1930. Ref 940.467 Wigan Local Studies. At home on leave caught a chill and died from pneumonia. Would have been 29 on 16 September Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 21/9/18.