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Serjeant HERBERT WILLIAM EGLEN

Service Number: 50876
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. B. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Eglen, of East Dereham, Norfolk; husband of Gladys M. Beales (formerly Eglen), of Church St., Kenninghall, Attleborough, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription HE WEARS A TRUER CROWN THAN ANY MAN CAN WEAVE HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 832
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