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Private JAMES BANCROFT

Service Number: 21/587
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEPTONSTALL METHODIST CHAPELYARD

C. 20.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Ann Bancroft, of 7, Old Town Cottages, Hebden Bridge, Yorks. Born at Heptonstall.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

HEPTONSTALL METHODIST CHAPELYARD
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 3
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