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Private NELSON COATES CROFT

Service Number: 32446
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY

III. C. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. F. W. and Mrs. L. Croft, of 63, Cromwell Avenue, Manley Park, Manchester. Born at Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HIS MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 856
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