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Private GEORGE WILLIAM HARNBY

Service Number: 4451782
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1942

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY

6. A. 8.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Oliver and Margaret Ann Harnby; husband of Margaret Harnby, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, DAUGHTER VALERIE, MUM, DAD, BROTHERS & SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 203
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