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Second Lieutenant HUMPHREY PORTEUS COLE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot I. Row E. Grave 39.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henrietta Cole, of Fairleigh, Sidmouth, Devonshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS.

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Buried or commemorated at

CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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