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Private J E HIRST

Service Number: 22843
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. H. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane and the late James Arthur Hirst, of 5a, East Villa, Greetland, Halifax.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR SON OF JAMES A. AND MARY J. HIRST GREETLAND,YORKSHIRE
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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