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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM EDWARDS

Service Number: 4982567
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY

IV. A. 4.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mabel Edwards, of Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
  • Personal Inscription A SOLDIER'S GRAVE HOLDS ONE WE LOVE SO DEAR WHO WON'T COME HOME AT THE LAST ALL CLEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1021
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