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Lance Corporal WILLIAM ELLIS RATCLIFFE

Service Number: 39270
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

A. 20. 45.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Betty Ratcliffe, of 3, Warwick St., Haslingden; husband of Elizabeth H. Ratcliffe, of 12, Manchester Rd., Haslingden, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription FOR GOD AND HOME AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 3083
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