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George Backway

Lance Corporal

Service No. 40909

Age 30

Died on 22 March 1918

Lincolnshire Regiment

ARRAS MEMORIAL

Pas de Calais, France

Son of William Thomas and Margaret Jessie Backway, of 63, Chapel St., Devonport; husband of Amelia R. A. Backway, of 31, Milton Avenue, Highgate, London.

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Henry Harrison

George, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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George, I do not know the circumstances of your death, nor why your remains were not recovered from the field of battle, but, as a former L...

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