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Rifleman WILLIAM JOHN HURST

Service Number: R/24244
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

XII. J. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hurst, of Hartley Green, Longfield, Kent.

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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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