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Serjeant JOSEPH RATCLIFFE

Service Number: 64595
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

I. I. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Annie Ratcliffe, of 24, Darwin St., Burnley, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL HIS BRIGHT YOUNG LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND BEAUMART BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 553
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