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Private ERNEST CROOKES

Service Number: 3/10120
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 March 1915

Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Sp. Mem. 1.

France

Headstone photos taken in cemeteries in Kenya shared by Bill Caudwell - cropped and re-saved versions suitable for being media-cleared for website display

Photographer: Bill Caudwell

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ann Crookes, of 19, Exley Avenue, Whitehouse Lane, Walkley, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Concentration (2)

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Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 534
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