1944-08-05 - The Royal Lancers

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This Day in History: 1944-08-05

FINCHAM. GRESHAM ERNEST Lance Corporal 16th/5th Lancers Italy ‘4462755’

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Deaths - We will remember them: 1914 MURRAY. FANE WRIGHT STAPLETON Age: 35 Captain 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers Belgium; 1917 BARNWELL. SEPTIMUS Age: 23 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers France '4730'; 1917 GROVES. A Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers France 'GS/4456'; 1917 EVANS. FRANK HAROLD Private 21st Lancers Pakistan '3763'; 1918 FLOOD. Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers United Kingdom '3913'; 1939 BURN. ERIC Age: 28 Trooper 9th Queen's Royal Lancers United Kingdom '316711'; 1942 SIMMONITE. JOSEPH Age: 28 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '408546'

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