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Private HAROLD JOSEPH HORNBY

Service Number: 4128415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. F. 11.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William and Sarah Jane Hornby, of Lostock Gralam, Cheshire. His brother, Dvr. Frederick William Hornby, died in England.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE CAME TO A SUDDEN END HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. YOU ARE STILL MY DEEP PURPLE
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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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