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Lance Corporal GEORGE BENSON AIREY

Service Number: 2046
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY

E. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Annie Airey, of 48, Branthwaite Brow, Kendal, Westmorland.
  • Personal Inscription TILL WE MEET AGAIN.
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Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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