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Bombardier JOHN WILLIAM HIRST

Service Number: 64438
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 153rd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 05 December 1917

Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY

I. C. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal and Bar
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1039
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