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Arthur Edward Hourd

Private

Service No. 26896

Age 23

Died on 25 September 1916

Leicestershire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of John Bouser Hourd, of Hose, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.

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Andrea Cole

I wish I had known you and had a chance to thank you for everything you gave to us who survive you.

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Henry Harrison

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

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Arthur Edward Hourd was born in Hose, Leicestershire on 12th February, 1893, to John Bonser Hourd and Mary Jane nee Morley. He joined the 8t...

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Arthur, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalio...

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