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Private EDWARD JOHN SHERRIFF

Service Number: 240685
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

II. C. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Emily Sherriff, of East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lincs.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES
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Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 658
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