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Gunner WILLIAM HORNBY

Service Number: 956172
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

107 (The South Notts. Hussars) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 07 December 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY

V. D. 9.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Mabel Hornby, of Manchester; husband of Beatrice Hornby, of Hulme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF ENGLAND'S HEROES, HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. R.I.P.
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