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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HENRY BEECROFT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gloucestershire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row E. Grave 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Arthur and Mrs. S. J. Beecroft, of Cheadle Hulme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE'S DUTY NOBLY, BRAVELY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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