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Serjeant ERNEST HILLYARD

Service Number: 260476
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

XIV. C. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Mary Hillyard, of 79, St. Leonardgate, Lancaster.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY AND THOSE HE LOVED THE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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