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Leading Aircraftman NORMAN HORNSBY

Service Number: 551285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

Coll. grave 4A. C. 8-10.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rowland and Clara Hornsby, of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire; grandson of Lucy Ann Hornsby, of Scunthorpe.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY
Hamburg Germany
Number of casualties: 2566
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