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Personal data

• Name HORNBY
• Initials RW
• First name RALPH WILFRED
• Place of birth Preston
• Country Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
• Family Son of William and Ann Hornby
• Extra info Husband of Elizabeth Ann Hornby, of 82, Smith St., Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Preston, Lancashire
• Service number 78882
• Rank Pioneer
• Regiment and unit Can. Corps Signals Coy. Canadian Engineers Headquarters
• Attached or transferred from Royal Engineers
• Other data related to military career to France on 15 September 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds (bomb) to the right thigh, n°17 CCS
• Date of death 22 July 1916
• Died at the age of 42
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - C - 44A

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