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Private RICHARD HIRST

Service Number: 21336
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

II. L. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Mary Hirst, of 258, Wath Rd., Mexborough, Rotherham.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS REWARD BE AS GREAT AS HIS SACRIFICE R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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