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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM CROPLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE

Lempire British Cemetery Memorial.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Priscilla Cropley, of Copdoes Farm, Great Whelnetham, Bury St. Edmund's. Native of Sicklesmere, Bury St. Edmund's.
  • Personal Inscription ON EARTH BELOVED IN MEMORY BLESSED HIS SPIRIT NOW WITH CHRIST AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

UNICORN CEMETERY, VENDHUILE
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 1008
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