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Serjeant JAMES SAMPSON

Service Number: 9951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 December 1915

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY

II. B. 51.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Jane Mary Sampson, of 7, Sandridge, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Served in the South African Campaign.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET BE THE THOUGHT THAT AGAIN WE SHALL MEET KNEELING TOGETHER AT JESUS FEET
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 314
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