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Arras Memorial, France Arras Memorial, France
First Name: William Lindley Last Name: CROMPTON
Date of Death: 20/03/1916 Lived/Born In: Wandsworth
Rank: Corporal Unit: King's Royal Rifle Corps9
Memorial Site: Arras Memorial, France

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Between 13th March and 21st March, 1916, 9th King’s Royal Rifle Corps of 42 Brigade, 14th Division were in the front line trenches to the south-east of Arras. The enemy shelled these positions every day and on 20th  March, 14 men, including William Crompton, were killed when the dug-outs in which they were sheltering, collapsed upon them.

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