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Private HORACE WILLIAM TAIT

Service Number: 270096
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XV. B. 5.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Polly Williamson, of 99, Fitzalan St., Sheffield; husband of Florence Dickinson (formerly Tait), of 67, Reginald St., Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FAMILY & COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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