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Private MATTHEW WILLIAM TASKER HOY

Service Number: 4341270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 May 1940

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARQUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row D. Grave 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Jane Hoy, of Seaham, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription AS THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY THEN WE SHALL ALL BE UNITED
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Buried or commemorated at

MARQUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 167
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