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Rifleman GEORGE EDWARD EDWARDS

Service Number: 6850258
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th (1st Bn. The Rangers) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

3. C. 16.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Ellen Edwards; husband of Nellie Margarite Edwards, of Bethnal Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription "BE MY LAST THOUGHT; HOW SWEET TO REST FOR EVER ON MY SAVIOUR'S BREAST"
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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