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Private ERNEST THOMAS CORNFORD

Service Number: 1299
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row B. Grave 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Ann Cornford, of Floral Cottage, Beeches Estate, Crowborough, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS.
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Buried or commemorated at

ACHEUX BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 180
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