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James Matthew Gwinn

In memory of:

Private James Matthew Gwinn

October 23, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

183415

Age:

20

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade

Division:

2nd

Additional Information


Born:

November 9, 1897

Son of James and Cora Gwinn; husband of Joy Dorcas Stellaway (formerly Gwinn), of Godalming, Surrey, England.

Commemorated on Page 421 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

RAISMES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord, France

Grave Reference:

I. B. 5.

Location:

Raismes is a small town on the north-west edge of Valenciennes. The Cemetery is north of the Grand Place in the Rue du Cimetiere. The majority of the Commonwealth war graves are in a plot in the north-west part of the cemetery, with the remaining four in a plot in the south-east corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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