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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY CROOK

Service Number: 12589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

"B" Coy. 8th Bn

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOMBOURNE (ST. BENEDICT) CHURCHYARD

At North West end.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Sarah Ann Crook, of Canal Side, Ounsdale, Wolverhampton. Born at Wombourn.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR THOSE HE LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

WOMBOURNE (ST. BENEDICT) CHURCHYARD
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 10
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