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Private JOHN HILLARY

Service Number: 2472
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

III. A. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Christopher and Sarah Hillary, of 5, Teer St., Beswick St., Ancoats, Manchester. Born Skipton.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY PASS HIS MEMORY IN PRIDE AND LET US LIVE AS NOBLY AS HE DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3548
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