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Pte 7982 Charles Cronshaw U
« on: April 22, 2019, 10:32:45 PM »
7982 Charles Cronshaw. aka John Charles Longshaw
18 travis st,pendleton
2nd manchesters
enlisted 8-10-1903 aged 19
discharged 8-7-1915
married to elizabeth,and father of 5 children

on 10th december 1914,charles was in the trenches at ypres when he was shot in the left temple by a sniper,he was never able to work again,he died on 21st january 1918,he was buried in agecroft cemetery.plot 26.grave 469,the CWGC for some reason decided to declare his grave a non war grave. ???
Pension Card shows death due to Broncho Pneumonia
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