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Guardsman GEORGE DRAYCOTT

Service Number: 2615003
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

12. A. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Ann Draycott, of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH TENDED BY SOME STRANGE HAND THIS HALLOWED SPOT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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