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Sapper HENRY CECIL RAPER

Service Number: 19637
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

54th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1914

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

Kolenberg Forest Ger. Cem. Mem. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Diana Raper, of 74, George St., Devonport.
  • Personal Inscription BEHOLD WHAT GREATER LOVE HATH A MAN THAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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