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Private JAMES WHITAKER

Service Number: 201877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

X. C. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Whitaker, of Nelson, Lancs.; husband of Lillian Whitaker, of 4, Hartley St., Barnoldswick, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORY IS THE ONLY FRIEND THAT GRIEF CAN CALL ITS OWN
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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