James Dove
View James on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission websiteService number:
27894
Rank:
Private
Service:
Leicestershire Regiment
Origin:
Date of birth:
1891
Date of death:
29 September 1918
Age at Death:
27
Known information
Private James Dove lived with his wife at 26 King's Road, Oakham, and was employed in the Midland Railway Provender Stores. He was the son of George and Ann Dove of West Haddon, Rugby. James joined the 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment on 12 April 1916, and went out to the Western Front on 25 July the same year. He was wounded three times in fighting around Cambrai and on the Somme before being killed by a shell on 28 September 1918, at Magny La Fosse. James is buried at Besigny Communal Cemetery Extension, grave V.C.15/24, and is remembered on Oakham's war memorial. He left a widow, Emma.
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The grave of Mr DoveBy John Stokes on Wednesday 12th November '14 at 12:59pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
The grave of Mr DoveBy John Stokes on Wednesday 12th November '14 at 1:00pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
The grave of Mr DoveBy John Stokes on Wednesday 12th November '14 at 1:00pm
A Rutlander, living in Belgium
Rutland and The Battle of the Somme
More than 90 Rutland soldiers died in the Battle of the Somme which lasted from 1 July 1916 until the middle of November. Today they lie in cemeteries across the old battlefield in northern France or are remembered among the 72,000 names on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. By using our interactive map, you can find out what happened to them.
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