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Lance Corporal HORACE WILLIAM NEWCOMBE

Service Number: 233474
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

74th Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

V. G. 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. A. W. and Mrs. E. Newcombe, of 36, Elm Side, Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED, SERVED
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ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 900
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