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Rifleman WILLIAM HOSFORD

Service Number: R/18614
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES

I. F. 36.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Hosford, of 16 Palace Rd., Well St., South Hackney, London.
  • Personal Inscription NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOR FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO THY FATHER'S HOME ABOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1644
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