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Serjeant G DESBOROUGH

Service Number: 6425
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY

Enclosure No.4 VIII. H. 40.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Robert and Annie Desborough, of Hull; husband of Alice Elizabeth Desborough, of 7, Tenison St., York Rd., Lambeth, London.
  • Personal Inscription I THANK OUR GOD ON EVERY REMEMBRANCE OF THEE TILL WE MEET ALLIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5214
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