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Lance Corporal ALAN HORSMAN

Service Number: 34240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XLIV. A. 26.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Horsman, of 211, Highfield Rd., Idle, Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription FOR HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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