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Cpl. James Milward
British Army B Bty. 240th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:16 Aberdeen St, St Phillips Marsh, Bristol
(d.5th Jan 1919)
My Great Grandfather, James Milward, served with B Battery, 240th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
He died from disease, likely Spanish Influenza, on Sunday 5th Jan 1919 aged 36, and is buried in the Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy.
He is remembered as the son of Jane and William Milward of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, but was married to Mrs L A Milward, 16 Aberdeen Street, St Phillips Marsh, Bristol.
The inscription on his gravestone reads "Though lost to sight, In memory ever dear RIP"