Service Details
Name:
 SAVORY
Given Name:
 HARRY
Initials:
 H
Service No:
 GS/6692
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
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Date of Death:
 1914-09-13
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Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 Distinguished Conduct Medal
Citations:
 LG 27 Sept 1901 - No citation
Additional
Information:
Third son of Thomas William and Ellen Savory, of Warham, Norfolk; husband of Edith Savory, of Sculthorpe, Fakenham, Norfolk. Born Warham Wells, Norfolk. Was a settler in Rhodesia in 1896, and served throughout the whole of the Matabele War; served as Lt. in Imperial Light Horse, in the South African Campaign (Queen's Medal with 4 bars, King's Medal with 2 bars). Volunteered for active service at the outbreak of Great War.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Aisne
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Cemetery:
 BOURG-ET-COMIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 7.

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