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Second Lieutenant JAMES STEPHEN TURPIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1916

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 1. Row A. Grave 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Augustus and Emily Turpin, of Victoria Park, London.
  • Personal Inscription HIS EYES NOW BEHOLD THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 916
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