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Bombardier HORACE PHILEMON HOPCROFT

Service Number: 243
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

Leicestershire Bty.

Date of Death

Died 15 March 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY

M. "U." 63.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ralph and Emma Hopcroft, of 54, Skipworth St., Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription SOLDIER OF CHRIST ARISE
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (WELFORD ROAD) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 347
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