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Bombardier JOHN BANCROFT

Service Number: 71141
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEROS WAR CEMETERY

4. B. 11.

Greece

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 30 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Abraham and Mary Bancroft, of Keighley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY DONE AND HONOUR WON MAY HE REST IN PEACE LOVED AND REMEMBERED ALWAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

LEROS WAR CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 183
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