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Private J W CROCKSON

Service Number: 6296
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 June 1917

Buried or commemorated at

VITTENER CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial.

Lithuania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (Buried in Szawli (Schaulen) German Cemetery).
  • Personal Inscription WHO DIED AS A PRISONER OF WAR AND WAS BURIED IN SZAWLI CEMETERY BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

VITTENER CEMETERY
Lithuania
Number of casualties: 2
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