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Probably one of the two below:

NAME:                      Croft, William Henry
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Wiltshire Regiment    (formerly 22682 Somerset Light Infantry)
BATTALION ETC:             6th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         25500
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 2nd November 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 30. Son of Mr. R. & Mrs. F. Croft of Foxcotte, Andover, Hants.
                           Enlisted: Southampton. Resided: Foxcotte, Hants.

OR

NAME:                      Croft, Walter Henry  (William Henry on memorial)
RANK:                      Corporal
UNIT:                      Norfolk Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             2nd Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         7909
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died 31st August 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq
OTHER INFORMATION:         Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Croft, of "Long View," Addision Rd., Salisbury Green, Southampton.
                           In 1911 census he was serving with the 2nd Battalion Norfolf Regiment in Ceylon and India.
                           Born: Botley, Hants. Enlisted: Hemel Hempstead, Herts.