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King's Liverpool Regiment
Dalgleish
2328
James
Corporal
Liverpool
7th April 1916
Wounded and missing
Son of the late John Russell Dalgleish and Margaret Bruce Dalgleish. Born at Edinburgh. Brother of Mrs. E. Cooper, 44, Stamford Street


James was reported as Wounded and missing in Action, he was officially declared as having been Previously missing now reported by the German Government killed or Died of Wounds.

I think this means that the German soldier's came upon him in the Battle Field and retrieved his Identity disc which was then forwarded to the British Government.

CWGC:
DALGLEISH, JAMES, Rank: Corporal
Service No: 2328
Date of Death: 07/04/1916
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 9th Bn.
Grave Reference VIII. A. 1.
Cemetery H.A.C. CEMETERY, ECOUST-ST. MEIN

Additional Information:
Son of the late John Russell Dalgleish and Margaret Bruce Dalgleish. Born at Edinburgh.

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