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Sapper JOHN HORROCKS

Service Number: 877016
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Engineers

3rd Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

V. J. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth E. Horrocks, of Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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