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Pte. James Hanson
British Army 8th Btn. A Coy. Seaforth Highlanders

(d.25th September 1915)
James Hanson born 22 January 1897 in Derby. Son of James Allen Hanson and Charlotte Hanson (nee Gregory Woolley) who married in 1895 in Derby. James attended St John Schoolm Derby from 1903
He was killed in action on the 25th of September 1915 and has no known grave. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France. He was single and living at the address of his parents 160 Stockbrook Street, Derby when he enlisted. His occupation was Coal Miner and he was employed by the Mapperley Colliery Company, Park Hall Lane, Mapperley in Derbyshire. James is named on the Mapperley Colliery Company's War Memorial, located at the Church Gates of St Wilfrid's Church, West Hallam, Derbyshire, next to the village War Memorial. He was one of the 66 men who died in the First World War employed by the Mapperley Colliery Company.

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