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Private RALPH BLAIR HORNSBY

Service Number: 201951
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

I. D. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William R. and Frances J. Hornsby, of 59, Lower Edge Rd., Elland, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR ONE THY DUTY'S DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

MILL ROAD CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1305
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