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Gunner EDWIN ALKER

Service Number: 74135
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 124th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2

I. M. 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Elizabeth Alker, of 140, Barnsley St., Wigan. Born Pemberton, Wigan.
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Buried or commemorated at

VOORMEZEELE ENCLOSURES NO.1 AND NO.2
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 599
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