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Sapper HAROLD BACKLEY

Service Number: 1866517
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1947

Age 44 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITLEY BAY (HARTLEY SOUTH) CEMETERY

Sec. I. Grave 2950.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Margaret Backley; husband of Annabell Backley, of Cullercoats.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES OF HAROLD HIS LOVING WIFE ANNABELL AND DAUGHTER JOAN
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITLEY BAY (HARTLEY SOUTH) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 73
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