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Serjeant J HORNBY

Service Number: 21038
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY

I. G. 8.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Benjamin and Margaret Hornby, of Marsh Lane, Cockerham, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 470
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