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Hugh Ernest Corby, Boxworth

Post Office, High Street, Boxworth

History of the Post Office, Boxworth

Post Office, Boxworth OS map 1901

1911 Post Office

Alfred William Corby, 53, blacksmith, b Bucks

Fanny, 51, b Lolworth

Hugh Earnest [sic], 13, working on farm,  b Boxworth

Hilda Beatrice, 12,  b Boxworth

James Benjamin, 10,  b Boxworth

Elsie Louise, 8,  b Boxworth

Hugh enlisted with the Cambridge Battalion when he was only 16. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916.

https://great-war.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/corrbey-hugh-ernest-regiment-number-15347-killed-1st-july-1916-boxworth

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