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Private FRANCIS SEPTIMUS HILL

Service Number: 201676
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS

II. J. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Richard Wright Hill and Alice Hill, of Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription ON FIELDS WHERE ONCE WERE BATTLES WILL THE FAIREST FLOWERS BE FOUND
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 748
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