Thursday 6 May 2010

9827 Pte William Critchley, 11th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers

9827 Private William Critchley of the 11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 6th May 1916. He was born in St Helens and enlisted at Warrington in November 1914. He was the son of James and Mary Ellen Critchley of St. Helens, and he is buried in Ecoivres Military Cemetery in St Eloi.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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