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Lance Bombardier EDWARD ERIC WHITROW

Service Number: 5182418
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

7 Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 June 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY

2. C. 11.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Thomas Harry and Inez Blanche Whitrow, of Ashton Gate, Bristol.
  • Personal Inscription HERE RESTS HIS HEAD UPON THE LAP OF EARTH A NOBLE SOLDIER OF HUMBLE BIRTH
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Buried or commemorated at

FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1816
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