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Private JOHN ROOCROFT

Service Number: 17359
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Roocroft, of 7, Little Scotland, Blackrod, Chorley, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. NICOLAS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 364
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