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Captain EDWARD GEORGE GATACRE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

2nd. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 February 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 1. Rowb. Grave 23.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Helen Brown and the late Edward Lloyd Gatacre, of Gatacre Hall, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. One of the Guard of Honour at Delhi Durbar, 1911, Captain of the Regimental Rugby Football team, Winners of the Calcutta Cup, 1907-10.
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Buried or commemorated at

LOUVENCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 230
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