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Private WILLIAM FORSTER HOY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Home Guard

8th Durham (South Shields) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1942

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY

Sec. R. Grave 7797.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hoy, of South Shields; husband of Ida May Hoy, of South Shields.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVE - WE REMEMBER
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 446
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