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Major HARRY WILSON VERELST

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

Sp. Mem.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the late H.W Verelst and of Mary Verelst, of Aston Hall, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription BURIED AT THE TIME AT LESBOEUFS BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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