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Sapper DOUGLAS CHARLES BACKHAUSER

Service Number: 102202
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Tunnelling Depot Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOVE OLD CEMETERY

E. 145.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew William and Caroline Mary Ann Backhauser, of Hove; husband of Alice Jane Backhauser, of 44, Payne Avenue, Hove.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HOVE OLD CEMETERY
Sussex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 104
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