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Lieutenant JOHN EDWARD RATCLIFF

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1914

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XIII. A. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Francis Ratcliff and C. E. Ratcliff, of Widney Cottage, Knowle, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN CAN DIE FIGHTING FOR GOD AND RIGHT & LIBERTY
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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