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Rifleman HORACE HENRY FORTESCUE

Service Number: 9250
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. G. 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sarah Fortescue, of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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