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Rifleman GEORGE HENRY KING

Service Number: 2462
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1914

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. B. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ada King, of Burringham, Lincs.; husband of Theresa Pearce (formerly King), of 13, Steele St., Hoyland Common, Barnsley.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 963
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