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Captain JOHN WILLIAM BACKHOUSE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

1st/1st Bucks Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 February 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Backhouse, of "Yelland," 23, McKinley Rd., Bournemouth.
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Buried or commemorated at

HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 761
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