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Captain CHARLES SPROXTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

Adjt. 4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL

I. B. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Alice Sproxton, of 114, Lee St., Holderness Rd., Hull. B.A. (Hons. Cambridge).
  • Personal Inscription HIS SOUL TO GOD HIS LIFE TO HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MARTIN CALVAIRE BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 231
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