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Ordinary Seaman JOHN WHISTLECROFT

Service Number: Mersey Z/5348
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Crescent

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

INCE-IN-MAKERFIELD CEMETERY

C. C.E. 1773.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Whistlecroft, of 591, Warrington Rd., Lower Ince.
  • Personal Inscription SAVIOUR IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR DEAR ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

INCE-IN-MAKERFIELD CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 50
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