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Private JAMES CLOSE

Service Number: 202712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XIX. K. 4A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and Mary Jane Close, of Braniel, Castlereagh; husband of Lavinia Close, of 254, Castlereagh Rd., Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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