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Second Lieutenant ERNEST GORDON BROPHY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. E. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Julia Brophy, of London. Captain St. Mark's Dalston Company, London Diocesan Church Lads' Brigade.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING AND BELOVED HE LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE HE HAS LEFT
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUZINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 592
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