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Rifleman OWEN WRIGHT HANSON

Service Number: 5380
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"H" Coy. 1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

II. J. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Sarah Hanson, of 10, Craggwood Terrace, Horsforth, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription OUR TIMES ARE IN HIS HAND
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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