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Second Lieutenant GEORGE HANSON WHEATCROFT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

16th Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY-MAILLET COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

C. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Hanson Wheatcroft and Ada Maria Wheatcroft, of Waltham House, Wirksworth. Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY-MAILLET COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 126
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