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Major EDWARD AYSHFORD SANFORD

Service Number: 73082
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards)

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY

9. C. 4.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. Gilbert Ayshford Sanford and Violet Alice Sanford, of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. His brother, Peveril Ayshford Sanford, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription FERME EN FOY

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Buried or commemorated at

IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1603
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