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James Ivan Blundell Hampshire

Aged just 19, Sapper James Hampshire was one of the first soldiers to hit Gold Beach on D-Day. Jim’s nephew Will Todd tells the story of an Uncle who went to war as a teenager and never came home.

FALLEN HEROES

  • JAMES IVAN BLUNDELL HAMPSHIRE

    Army • SAPPER

    Royal Engineers
    81 Assault Squadron

    DIED 18 June 1944

    AGE 20

    SERVICE NO. 14522070

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