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Private JOHN CRAYTON

Service Number: 44204
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VIII. A. 57.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Sophia Crayton, of 114, Lowe Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, and the late Matthew Crayton. Born at Bruntcliffe, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE THAT GIVETH HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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