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Sapper JOSEPH MEADOWCROFT

Service Number: 387254
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

6th Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE

VI. B. 52.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Eliza Meadowcroft, of Manchester; husband of Jane Meadowcroft, of 75, Henry St., West Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4749
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