Lance Corporal William Edgar Crane

Army Number: 203040 formerly 6599

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire and lived at Sawley, Derbyshire. Husband of Lily Crane, of 93 Church Street, Sawley. He was a baker prior to enlisting on 23rd November 1915 at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He was appointed Lance Corporal, 31st May 1917 and went to France on 4th October 1917. He then went to Italy on 9th November 1917 and died of wounds, 17th June 1918.

Buried: Dueville Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 3.

Lance Corporal William Edgar Crane is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
All Saints Church War Memorial, Sawley, Derbyshire.