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Private R MOORCROFT

Service Number: 302512
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

2nd/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. A. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Charlotte Moorcroft, of 11, Harper Rd., Walton. Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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