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Private ROBERT WILLIAM BACKHOUSE

Service Number: G/2589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1919

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IPSWICH OLD CEMETERY

BA. 2. 84.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James S. and Emma Backhouse, of 43, Ringham Rd., Ipswich.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

IPSWICH OLD CEMETERY
Suffolk United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 363
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