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Private WALTER WILLIAM CROFTON

Service Number: 14416057
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 14.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter Charles and Florence Annie Crofton, of Shoreditch, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS SO YOUNG, BARELY A LAD OUR THOUGHTS OF HIM ALWAYS LEAVE US SAD. MUM AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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