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Spr. James Keith
British Army 61st Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Hartlepool
(d.31st Mar 1917)
James Keith Served with 61st Field Company Royal Engineers, he was aged 34 when he died on 31st March 1917. Born Jarrow 1883, he was the son of Alexander and Mary Ann Keith of Jarrow and husband of Elizabeth Keith (nee Thurston) of 40 Cumberland Street West Hartlepool. He enlisted in West Hartlepool. On the 1911 census he is listed as James Keith age 28 Electrical Labourer in Electrical Works living with his wife Elizabeth Keith and children at 83 Albert Road, Jarrow.
James is buried in Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun.