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Lieutenant JOSEPH HENRY HORNBY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

94th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS

II. B. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Stephen Langton Hornby and Edith Hornby, of Rooi Klip, Kokstad, Cape Province, South Africa. Born at Kokstad.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

CROSS ROADS CEMETERY, FONTAINE-AU-BOIS
Nord France
Number of casualties: 742
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