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Lance Serjeant GEORGE HAROLD BRIGHT

Service Number: 21688
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. D. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of George Bernard and Elizabeth Ann Bright, of 96, Beatrice Rd., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription FOR THE BUGLE NOTE HAS SOUNDED, AND THE KING HAS CLAIMED HIS OWN.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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