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First Name: | James | Last Name: | KING |
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| Date of Death: | 06/07/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Dalston | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry2 | |
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Current Information:Born-St Giles Woburn Abbey Cemetery, Cuinchy, France
On 4th July, 1915, 2nd Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry of 5 Brigade, 2nd Division were relieved from the front line trenches at Givenchy in northern France and went into billets at Le Preol. Over the next few days the battalion provided large working parties for work on the mines at Givenchy and it was whilst engaged in this that Private King was killed on 6th July, 1915, probably as a result of enemy shell fire. |
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