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The Aristocrats' Cemetery at Zillebeke
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(This article is taken from Stand To! No 90, published Dec 2010/January 2011. You can receive copies of Stand To! by becoming a member of the WFA.) The author's first visit to the Zillebeke Churchyard Cemetery came about almost by accident. He was driving through the village in February 2006 when his attention was drawn to a small cluster of Commo…
11 April 1917 : Trooper Samuel Hannah
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His parents were Samuel Hannah Sr and Flora Struthers.
Before the war he lived with his parents in Hamilton, Lanarkshire and was a painter's apprentice.
Samuel joined the Household Cavalry in February 1916.
He was killed in action on 11 April 1917 at Arras and is commemorated on the Arras memorial.
11 April 1917 : Trooper Samuel Hanna…