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Lance Corporal HERBERT BACKLEY

Service Number: 21395
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

"Y" Coy. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Backley, of 25, Berwick Terrace, Percy Main, North Shields, Northumberland. Previously wounded Nov., 1915.
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