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Private GEORGE DRAYCOTT

Service Number: 52364
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAUCHE WOOD CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN

21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Maggie Ellis (formerly Draycott), of 41, St. Stephen's Rd., Leicester. Professional footballer. Native of Newhall, Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription SUNSHINE PASSES SHADOWS FALL BUT LOVE AND MEMORY OUTLIVE ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

GAUCHE WOOD CEMETERY, VILLERS-GUISLAIN
Nord France
Number of casualties: 48
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