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Private EDWARD SHAWCROSS

Service Number: 37860
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 January 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT

III. D. 29.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Ann Shawcross, of 13, Chapel St., Didsbury, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1348
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