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Private JOHN WILLIAM BANCROFT

Service Number: 1958
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY

VII. C. 1.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred and Mary Alice Bancroft, of 89, Kenyon Lane, Moston, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF FRED AND MARY ALICE BANCROFT
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Buried or commemorated at

TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 3361
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