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Lieutenant EDGAR CHARLES RAPKINS

Service Number: 293047
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 October 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY

VIII. E. 6.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Olive Emma Rapkins; husband of Lilian Mary Rapkins, of Alton, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription AN INSPIRATION TO ALL. WE ARE BETTER PEOPLE FOR HAVING LOVED AND KNOWN HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 666
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