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Private HORACE ANDERTON

Service Number: 3527854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY

VI. AA. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Harriett Anderton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription O, WOULD THE KINGDOMS OF THIS EARTH DECIDE THAT PEACE IS BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

OOSTTAVERNE WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1238
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