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Lance Corporal WILLIAM HENRY HOBBS

Service Number: 13148
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. L. 43.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of Peckham, London. Son of William Henry and Mary Elizabeth Hobbs, of 32, McNiel Rd., Camberwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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