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Captain HORACE JAMES DEACON

Service Number: 171955
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1941

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

6. E. 2.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Deacon and of Alice Deacon (nee Golds); husband of Dorothy Deacon.
  • Personal Inscription THE SUN HAS SET FOR ONE OF THE DEAREST BUT MEMORIES LINGER ON
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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