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Military service
Service number:
877016
Age:
20
Rank:
Sapper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
3rd Tunnelling Coy.
Death:
October 18, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. J. 9.
Additional information
Son of Elizabeth E. Horrocks, of Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Sapper John Horrocks
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Inscription
Sapper John Horrocks is also commemorated on the Menin Gate ... Inscription on the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sapper John Horrocks is also commemorated on the Menin Gate ... Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sapper John Horrocks is also commemorated on the Menin Gate ... Panel 10 of the Menin Gate - August 2012 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Photo of John Horrocks
In memory of the men who joined the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) who went to war and did not come home. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of John Horrocks
Post Card Picture of John Horrocks prior to going overseas. -
Memorial plaque
Sapper John Horrocks Sn. 877016 Memorial Plaque
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Sapper John Horrocks
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Sapper John Horrocks
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Sapper John Horrocks
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Sapper John Horrocks
Digital gallery of
Sapper John Horrocks
Digital gallery of
Sapper John Horrocks
Digital gallery of
Sapper John Horrocks
Digital gallery of
Sapper John Horrocks
Digital gallery of
Sapper John Horrocks
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 258 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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