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Lance Corporal GEORGE WILLIAM HOBSON

Service Number: 14015
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1915

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT

II. B. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1071
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