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Captain A R BACKUS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

1st Bn. attd. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WESTHOF FARM CEMETERY

II. E. 7.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the late Jacob Backus and of Carolina Backus, of "By-the-Way," Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth. Native of Lima, Peru, South America.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF HAPPINESS GIVEN MOTHER, SISTERS, BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

WESTHOF FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 136
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