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Private WILLIAM CROFT

Service Number: 1394
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 34.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elizabeth and the late Peter Croft, of 19, Newsham St., Liverpool.
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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