The story
John Henry Cox J H C Hirst, Sapper served with Royal Engineers, 233 Field Coy..
Service number: '1906490'. Date of death: 1944-06-06. Age: 24. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference X. K. 23..
SON OF JOHN COX HIRST AND MARY ALICE HIRST, OF BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
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