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Corporal AMOS HORNBY

Service Number: 5771427
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE PARADIS WAR CEMETERY, LESTREM

2. D. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Hornby, of Higher Broughton, Salford, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription INTO A HAVEN OF REST. GOD MUST HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN, HE ALWAYS CHOOSES THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

LE PARADIS WAR CEMETERY, LESTREM
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 166
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