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Second Lieutenant HOWARD VINCENT LANCASTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

II. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edith Eliza Read (formerly Lancaster), of "Glendene," 77, Curzon St., Derby, and the late Frederick William Lancaster.
  • Personal Inscription CALLED TO HIS HEAVENLY HOME WHILST DEFENDING OUR EARTHLY HOMES
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Buried or commemorated at

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