1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

James Colville

Contributed by: john colville, on 2008-11-05

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Rank
First NameJames
SurnameColville
Year of Birth1890
Year of Death1916
RegimentRoyal Engineers
Place of Wartime Residenceprestwick, Ayrshire and Arran

James's Story

My father told me about his brothers James and George

James was the older of the two he was a miner and left this employment to do his duty.

George run away and joined up was brought back home being to young, run away a second time after James was killed and alas paid with his life.

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