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Second Lieutenant JOHN JAMES CRAGGS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

6th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

M. 25.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sir John Craggs, Kt., M.V.O., and Lady Craggs, of Redland, Chesham Bois, Bucks.
  • Personal Inscription BORN LONDON 1 AUGUST 1887
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Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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