Service Details
Name:
 KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN
Given Name:
 MAURICE ASTLEY
Initials:
 M A
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Grenadier Guards
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Unit 2:
 (Special Reserve).
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Date of Death:
 1916-09-25
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Date of Birth:
 1888-05-18
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 14 January 1916 - "For services rendered in connection with Military Operations in the Field" New Year's Honours; MID LG Sup 1 January 1916 pg. 30
Additional
Information:
Son of the Rev. Reginald Bridges and Rachel Mary Knatchbull-Hugessen (nee Montgomery). ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 CITADEL NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, FRICOURT
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Grave Reference:
 II. C. 2.

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