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Major JOHN KIRWAN GATACRE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1914

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY

II. N. 352.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Son of the late Gen. Sir William Forbes Gatacre, K.C.B., D.S.O., of "Gatacre," Shropshire, and Alice (nee Kirwan).
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 839
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