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Gunner LEONARD HITCHEN

Service Number: 72663
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

Y6th Trench Mortar Bty.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. F. 29.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Priscilla Hitchen, of 45, Commercial St., Todmorden, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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