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Sapper GEORGE BENFIELD HURST

Service Number: 1209
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (BYKER AND HEATON) CEMETERY

O. C. 63.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael John and Alice Ann Hurst, of 105. Salisbury St., Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Native of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription THINE WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (BYKER AND HEATON) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 285
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