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Lance Corporal WILLIAM GEORGE EDWARDS

Service Number: 1212
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

1st/2nd (South Midland) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

G. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Mary Edwards.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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