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Rifleman HARRY HEARSUM

Service Number: C/13027
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. D. 12.

France

Before and after cleaning , note small chip out of stone on right hand side

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HEADSTONE

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Photographer: Lorraine Hughes

CWGC Headstone before and after cleaning

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CWGC Headstone of Morris EG

Photographer: Mark Curzon

CAS ID 2712226 PM to GM

Photographer: UKNA

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hannah Hearsum, of Park Head, Cumberworth, Huddersfield, and the late David Hearsum. Native of Hayfield, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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