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Second Lieutenant FRANCIS JAMES ORMSBY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

14th Bn. attd. 13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

II. A. 44.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Col. John Becher Ormsby, R.A.
  • Personal Inscription IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

HAMEL MILITARY CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 494
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