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Lieutenant HORACE HEPTONSTALL BACKHOUSE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

II. G. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of George Heptonstall Backhouse and Grace Backhouse of The New Inn, Ermington, Devon.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 738
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