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Lance Corporal E HIRST

Service Number: 26779
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVIII. G. 10.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Clara Hirst, of 1, Ivy Terrace, Savile Park, Halifax.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST, HEAVEN HAS GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD CONTAINED
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Buried or commemorated at

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