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Pte. James William Smith
British Army 8th/10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:Heathcote Road, Swadlincote, Burton-on-Trent
(d.28th March 1918)
According to information passed down to me, James was wounded during the German advance. He had to be left by his unit in a trench that was captured by the Germans. When they recaptured the trench James was missing, his body was never found.