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Gunner JOHN WILLIAM HORNBUCKLE

Service Number: 1210
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

18th Div. Ammunition Col.

Date of Death

Died 03 December 1917

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VIII. A. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Elizabeth Hornbuckle, of Stockingford, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Native of South Wigston, Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED HIM BUT JESUS LOVED HIM BETTER BRAVELY HE FOUGHT NOBLY HE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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