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Lieutenant WILLIAM WILSON SPROSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

101st Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME

IV. E. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Lancashire Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Florence Sproson, of 9, Cornbrook Park Rd., Old Trafford, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 783
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