Basic Details
Surname
Gaukroger
Forenames
E
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John Edwin
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was not married and worked in a wire works =before he enlisted in June 1915. He served in Egypt, the Dardanelles and, finally, France. He died in hosptial after reciving a chest and arm wound on 15/12/17 and is also commemorated on IWM 2689.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Private
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Noeux-les-Mines
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1917
Month of death
December
Day of death
18
Age at death
35
Manner of death as stated
Unknown
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds