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Rifleman EDWARD POPPLE

Service Number: B/203406
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY

II. H. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of J. and Eliza Popple, of 43, Webster St, Stockton-on-Tees. .
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL ANGLO-FRENCH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 600
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