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Second Lieutenant ERIC RONALD RATCLIFF-GAYLARD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE

II. E. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jeannie Ratcliff-Gaylard, of "The Lindens," Hemel Hempstead, Herts. His brother Cecil Charles Alexander Ratcliff-Gaylard also fell.
  • Personal Inscription I ASKED LIFE FOR HIM AND THOU GAVEST HIM LIFE FOR EVERMORE
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Buried or commemorated at

LAVENTIE MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 549
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