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Private JOHN BYCROFT

Service Number: 4441
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLES POSITION MILITARY CEMETERY

C. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Cracknell (formerly Bycroft), of 51, Mulgrave St., Crosby, Scunthorpe, Lincs., and the late John Tom Bycroft. Native of Grimsby.
  • Personal Inscription AT DUTY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR COUNTRY, HOME AND MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

BERLES POSITION MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 52
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