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Major The Hon. HUGH DAWNAY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

2nd Life Guards

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1914

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XVII. A. 14.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Second son of the 8th Viscount Downe; husband of Lady Susan Dawnay, of Whitfield Court, Waterford.
  • Personal Inscription WHY SEEK YE THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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