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Flying Officer WILLIAM JAMES MOORCROFT

Service Number: 127974
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

115 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LES HAYONS CHURCHYARD

Coll. grave.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Elizabeth Margaret Moorcroft, of Maghull, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND"
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Buried or commemorated at

LES HAYONS CHURCHYARD
Luxembourg Belgium
Number of casualties: 6
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