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Private W J CROFT

Service Number: 252845
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 June 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

XI. D. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James John and Jessie D. Croft, of 24, St. Gothard's Road, West Norwood, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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