DELVILLE WOOD

LONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE

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SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY

Colincamps, Somme, France

James Pearse MORUM

Grave I.H.1.

Son of William E. and Florence S Morun, of Queenstown, Cape Colony (Source : C.W.G.C.).

2th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, attached to the 1st Battalion (11th Brigade, 4th Division)

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916. Attack on Redan Ridge with heavy fighting along the German trenches. The Battalion sustained 474 casualties.