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Josiah Crawford

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Forename Josiah
Surname Crawford
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 53
Address 55 George Street, Hindley
Parents' Address
Township Hindley
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Colliery employee for Wigan Coal and Iron Co
Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps 96th Field Amb
Day of Death 9
Month of Death April
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Bucquoy Rd Cemetery
Regiment Number 67071
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Killed whilst stretcher bearing. Born in Scholes, Wigan, the son of John and Elizabeth. He is also remembered on the grave of his brother Thomas in Lower Ince Cemetery
CWGC, Ancestry, WO 28/4/17