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James Bennett

Private

Service No. 70654

Age 27

Died on 13 October 1916

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of James T. and Adelaide J. G. Bennett, of North View, Binde Vale, Stockport.

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Henry Harrison

James, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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James, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalions...

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