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Private WALTER RACKSTRAW

Service Number: 332579
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

IV. F. 19.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Rackstraw, of 80, Welcomb St., Hulme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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