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Private ROBERT GILBERT HANDS

Service Number: G/9056
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

IV. E. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 8th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Annie Hands, of 15, Blatchington Rd., Hove, Brighton.
  • Personal Inscription TIME SHALL NOT FADE THE MEMORY OF HIS DEAR FACE MOTHER & HETTIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BREWERY ORCHARD CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord France
Number of casualties: 348
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