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Second Lieutenant JAMES SKELTON ANDERSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

III. B. 44.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info of wounds received on 7th Oct. Eldest son of Sir Kenneth Skelton Anderson, Bart., K.C.M.G., and Lady Anderson, of Stamford House, Wimbledon Common, London.
  • Personal Inscription AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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