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Corporal GEORGE HAWTHORNTHWAITE

Service Number: 9213
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 March 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. V. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (served as HOWARTH). Son of James and Sarah Ann Hawthornthwaite; husband of Annie Hawthornthwaite, of 4, Edward St., Church, Accrington, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAS WON THE CROWN HE WEARS TO-DAY WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1510
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