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Captain GEORGE ROBERT HITCHIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Medical Corps

2nd/1st (West Lancs) Field Amb

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

II. F. 25.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Dora Pickering Hitchin, of Burnley. M.B., Ch.B., Victoria University, Manchester. Medical Practitioner, Tottington, Bury, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription I GO FORWARD AND FINISH RATHER THAN STAND BACK AND LIVE TO REGRET
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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