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Private WILLIAM HENRY DRAYCOTT

Service Number: 16183
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1915

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. I. 12A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Eliza Draycott, of 2, Alfreton Rd., Tibshelf, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE'S WORK WELL DONE LIFE'S RACE WELL RUN LIFE'S CROWN WELL WON NOW COMES REST
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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