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Guardsman JOHN DAVIS HOCKADAY

Service Number: 26652
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY

D. 16.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Manchester. Son of the late Frederick Poole Hockaday and of Emma Lee Hockaday; husband of Lilian Hockaday, of 10, Dalny St., Levenshulme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription A DEAR HUSBAND AND FATHER SADLY MISSED BY HIS WIFE AND SON
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Buried or commemorated at

RUISSEAU FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 82
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