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Lieutenant FRANCIS DEREK CRANE

Service Number: 278872
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welch Fusiliers

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY

III.B.14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Eric and Dorothy Eva Crane, of Chilwell, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND PRECIOUS MEMORY OF DEREK
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Buried or commemorated at

GEEL WAR CEMETERY
Antwerpen Belgium
Number of casualties: 400
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