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Private JOSEPH HANDLEY

Service Number: 1675
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILDERSOME CEMETERY

"C." 568.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Douglas and Sarah Handley, of 16, Hilton Terrace, New Brighton, Morley, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

GILDERSOME CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 11
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