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James Brown - man

Details

Forename James
Surname Brown - man
Middle Name
Memorial Unknown
Age 20
Address 8 Cooper Street ,Chapel Green, Hindley
Parents' Address
Township Hindley
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Surface worker at Duke's pit Cromptom & Shawcross Colliery
Regiment Manchester Regiment 1/8th Batt
Day of Death 9
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
Regiment Number 49979
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Robert and Catherine,
Also on St Benedict and All Saints Roll of Honor

Ref; CWGC, Ancestry, WO 20/10/17