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Private JOHN SORSBY

Service Number: 4755106
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. L. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Florence Sorsby, of Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription HE BRAVELY ANSWERED THE BUGLE CALL HE GAVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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