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Driver HERBERT CHARLES MARKEY

Service Number: 2670
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

1st/3rd (Gloucester) Bty. 1st/1st (South Midland) Bde.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. A. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Edwin Charles and Elizabeth Markey, of Gloucester.
  • Personal Inscription "FOR KING AND COUNTRY" WAS THE CALL, HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE US ALL.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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