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Bombardier WILLIAM HORACE GROCOTT

Service Number: 81212
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

213th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY

III. E. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Frances A. Grocott, of 27, Richmond St., Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 834
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