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Captain HEDLEY VERITY

Service Number: 113079
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1943

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY

VI, E, 15.

Italy

New Headstone for Captain Hedley Verity at Caserta War Cemetery, Italy. Famous England Cricketer

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hedley Verity Snr. and Edith Verity of Rawdon, Leeds; husband of Kathleen Alice Verity (nee Metcalfe) of Rawdon, Leeds. Played cricket for Yorkshire and England.
  • Personal Inscription YORKS AND ENGLAND CRICKETER GENTLE MAN OF ACTION NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

CASERTA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 769
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