JAMES WALTER MESCHER or MESHER
- Died: 08 May 1915
- Rank: Gunner
- Service no at death: 32291
- Died: 08 May 1915
- Rank: Gunner
- Service no at death: 32291
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- Surname: MESCHER or MESHER
- Forename: JAMES WALTER
- Initials: J W
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- Notes: James Mescher/Mesher whose family lived in St Leonard’s and St Ives is understood to be recorded on Ringwood War Memorial as J Mesher. However, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission give his parents as James and Martha Annie Mesher, of The Reading Room, Rye Harbour, Rye, Sussex.
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- Regiment at call-up: Royal Garrison Artillery
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- Rank at call-up: Gunner
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- Age at death: 25
- Date of death: 08 May 1915
- Regiment at death: Royal Garrison Artillery
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- Rank at death: Gunner
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- Service no at death: 32291
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- Other memorials: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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