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NAME:                      Backhurst, Herbert James
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Royal Berkshire Regiment (formerly 11914 Devonshire Regiment)
BATTALION ETC:             8th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         45506
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 27th August 1918
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born about 1900 at Yateley, Hants.
                           Son of William & Sarah Ann Backhurst of Globe Farm, Darby Green, Blackwater, Hants.
                           Born: Hartley Witney, Hants. Enlisted: Camberlwey, Surrey. Resided: Blackwater, Hants.