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Private WILLIAM JAMES CRAYFOURD

Service Number: 47131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. D. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ruth Crayfourd, of London.
  • Personal Inscription JESUS LIVES HENCEFORTH IS DEATH BUT THE GATE OF LIFE IMMORTAL
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Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 586
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