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Lance Corporal FRANCIS WILLIAM FAIRHURST

Service Number: 4693569
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

VIII. A. 11.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Ernest and Elizabeth Ann Fairhurst, of Castleford Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription NO GREATER LOVE CAN ANY MAN GIVE THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 693
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