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Guardsman CLIFFORD HORTON

Service Number: 2658066
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 23 May 1940 and 24 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 4.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Gertrude Horton, of Airedale, Castleford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

LEERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 10
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