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Captain RICHARD EDWARD CROFT RANSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VII. A. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Eleanor Ranson, of "Maisonette," 8, Harbour Rd., Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, and the late Edward Ranson.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1290
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