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Fusilier JOHN ROBERT HORSLEY

Service Number: 4627067
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

2. H. 8.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Selina Horsley, of Hessle, Yorkshire. His brother Harry also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription "BE YE READY, FOR WE KNOW NOT THE HOUR WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMETH"
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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