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Private JOSEPH BANCROFT

Service Number: 4131059
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY

I. D. 6.

Czech Republic

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Florence Bancroft, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH WE CANNOT SEE HIM HIS VOICE WE CANNOT HEAR IT SEEMS HE WALKS BESIDE US NEVER ABSENT, ALWAYS NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY
Czech Republic
Number of casualties: 264
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