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Pte. Harry Maddison Binks

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

from:9 Waverley Terrace, Darlington

(d.1st Mar 1917)

Harry is recorded as "Pte Binks, H. Waverley Terrace, 18th DLI" in the Roll of Honour held in Darlington Library, believed to have been complied by the Town Council in the 1920s.

CWGC records him as Henry Maddison Binks, who died on 01/03/1917 aged 22, he is remembered on a special memorial in Gommecourt British Cemetery No2 at Heuterne, where he is known to be buried but the exact location of his grave is unknown. He was the son of Thomas William and Margaret Binks, of 9 Waverley Terrace, Darlington, who requested the inscription 'Their glory shall not be blotted out' be added to his memorial headstone.



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