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Lance Corporal HORACE HIGHLEY

Service Number: 2319
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 December 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 21A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Charlotte Highley, of Sowerby Bridge; husband of Emily Bradbury (formerly Highley), of Turk's Head Inn, Sowerby Bridge, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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