Basic Details
Surname
Bancroft
Forenames
Wilfred
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Honours
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the service and death details. From the village but was working as a foundryman in Lincolnshire before the war. Won his DCM for carrying messages under fire and was killed by a hand grenade when his company, attacking the Schwaben Redoubt, ran out of ammunition. He is also commemorated on the Theipval Memorial.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
21
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing