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Private HAROLD JOSEPH HORNBY

Service Number: 4128415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

IV. F. 11.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William and Sarah Jane Hornby, of Lostock Gralam, Cheshire. His brother, Dvr. Frederick William Hornby, died in England.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE CAME TO A SUDDEN END HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. YOU ARE STILL MY DEEP PURPLE

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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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