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Gunner DAVID CRANSHAW

Service Number: 680775
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 276th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

III. A. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Thomas and Annie Cranshaw, of 68, Waterloo Terrace, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY LOVE FOR HIS HOME HIS SOUL TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1820
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