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Corporal GEORGE HORNBY

Service Number: 240452
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

"D" Coy. 1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

XXV. G. 14.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Martha Hornby, of 13, Rock St., Thornton, Preston, Lancs.
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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