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Private JAMES SHANKS SALMOND

Service Number: M2/051101
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Service Corps

278th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

II. H. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Susan Salmond, of 27, Tower St., Portobello, Edinburgh, and the late William Salmond.
  • Personal Inscription GOD HELD WIDE HIS LOVING ARMS AND SAID COME UNTO ME AND REST
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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