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Private JAMES ORTON

Service Number: 7602
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1915

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Maria Orton, of 3, Victoria St., Hinckley, Leicestershire, and the late James Orton.
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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