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Private ERNEST JAMES CORNISH

Service Number: 45382
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 January 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL

I. E. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Eliza Ann Cornish, of 35, Lawn Rd., Exmouth, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HE IS NOT DEAD BUT SLEEPETH
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 231
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