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=== Gunner John Joseph Corboy aged 27 ===
John Joseph Corboy was the son of Maurice and Margaret Corboy, both originally from Ireland, and who by 1911 were living at Solomon Hill with seven children (his brothers James, then aged 32 and a third brother, William aged 16 both also served in the war, but survived). At age 18, in 1904, John was working as a textile labourer at Crossley Carpets at Dean Mill. Sometime later, he left home and enlisted in Halifax and in 1911 he was a Gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery, so he was a regular soldier. His war records did not survive, but we know he died on 15th December 1916 at the end of the Battle of the Somme.

He is buried at Becourt Military Cemetery just outside the town of Albert. The scroll which accompanied the medal sent to his family is as follows:

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