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Private JOSEPH WILLIAM CRAYTHORNE

Service Number: S/11636
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. I. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Martha Craythorne, of Great Easton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire; husband of Amelia Craythorne, of Great Easton, Market Harborough.
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3561
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