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Rifleman CLAUDE THOMAS APPERLEY CROMPTON

Service Number: 2184
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 September 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY

AI. 22.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Dagnall (formerly Crompton), of 128, Blythe Rd., West Kensington, London, and the late R. Crompton.
  • Personal Inscription LOST AWHILE OUR TREASURED LOVE GAINED FOR EVER SAFE ABOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE BURIAL GROUND CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 586
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