Tyne Cot Cemetery
HOLDCROFT, ERIC CRANE
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CWGC |
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Uttoxeter Advertiser |
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Where born |
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When born |
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Employment Before Joining up |
Thermoscope Manufacturer |
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Attestation Form |
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Where enlisted |
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Regiment |
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) |
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Unit |
13th Bn. |
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Res Att 13/BN |
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Rank |
2nd Lieutenant |
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Date of Death |
4 October 1917 |
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Age at time of death |
19 |
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Where Killed or died |
Ypres salient – 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele) |
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How he died |
Killed in Action |
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Location of Grave or Memorial |
Tyne Cot Cemetery Grave: LVIII. F 34. |
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Eric was the third and youngest son. William Holdcroft was his brother and also fell.
He was educated at Uttoxeter’s Thomas Alleyne’s Grammar School and attested into the Army as soon as he reached the age of 18. Very soon afterwards, on the 25th November 1916, he was transferred to a Cadet School. He was killed in action less than a year later.
He is buried in Grave: LVIII. F 34.in Tyne Cot Cemetery. This is in the Passchendaele area of the Ypres salient.
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Tyne Cot Cemetery |
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