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MORPETH

Kane, J.G., 2nd Lieut., 1918

Photo: J. Brown

In Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau is the Commonwealth War Grave of Second Lieutenant James Gabriel Kane, serving with the South Wales Borderers who died 22/10/1918.

From an unrecorded source:

"In Memoriam.
Mr. James Kane and his wife, Mary Ann, of Railway Cottages, Morpeth, received the news that confirmed the death of two of their sons. Second Lieutenant Augustine George Kane, 22 years old, was killed on 24th June 1918, whilst flying with the Royal Air Force. His brother, Lieutenant James Gabriel Kane, aged 24, was killed in action while leading his men on 22nd October 1918. Both men were attached to the South Wales Borderers."

His brother Augustine George Kane also died.

James Gabriel Kane is remembered in Morpeth on on M17.01, M17.09, M17.17, M17.29 and M17.31


The CWGC entry for 2nd Lieutenant Kane

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