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Private HORATIO SMITH

Service Number: 27908
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

A Coy. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 2. Row D. Grave 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John T. and Elizabeth Smith, of Ealby, Doncaster. Great grandfather (a Newark man) fought in the Waterloo and lived to a good old age.
  • Personal Inscription VICTORY.
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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