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Private JOHN ARTHUR ALDCROFT

Service Number: 805002
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 November 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVII. A. 17A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1st Canadian Machine Gun Corps
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Jane Aldcroft, of Altrincham, England.
  • Personal Inscription THE CALL WAS SHORT THE SHOCK SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVE SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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