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Trooper NELSON HIRD

Service Number: 7936676
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

23rd Hussars

Date of Death

Died 10 August 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARLISLE (DALSTON ROAD) CEMETERY

Ward 11. Sec. P. Grave 39.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Dvr. Joseph Hird, R.E.M.E. (died as a result of active service 22nd December, 1947), and Edith May Hird, of Carlisle.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY BELOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

CARLISLE (DALSTON ROAD) CEMETERY
Cumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 289
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