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Captain JOSEPH WALTON HEDLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

IV. F. 6.

France

Cleaned .Before and after

Photographer: Colin Gillett

First visit.

Photographer: Colin Gillett

CH PORTLAND

Photographer: Stuart McConnachie

Inspected and cleaned. No concerns to report.

Photographer: Richard Ellis

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. Matthew and Jane Alice Hedley, late of Langho Vicarage, Whalley, Lancs. B.A. Brasenose College, Oxford. Assistant Master, Copthorne School, Crawley, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription SO HE PASSED AND THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE
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Buried or commemorated at

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