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In memory of:

Private James Alfred Ploughman

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Military service

Service number: 425212
Age: 25
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division: 49th Bn.
Birth: May 7, 1891 Southampton, England
Enlistment: April 3, 1915
Death: September 16, 1916

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: XIII. Q. 2.
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Son of James Appleby and Annie Ploughman, of 353, Portswood Rd., Southampton, England.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 149 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France

Ovillers is a village about 5 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert off the D929 road to Bapaume. The OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 500 metres west of the village on the D20 road to Aveluy. The OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the village.

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