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Lance Corporal EDGER JOSEPH WAKEFIELD

Service Number: 17497
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

B Coy. 15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

IX. T. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Wakefield, of 31, Woodland Rd., Levenshulme, Manchester.

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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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