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Major EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD

Service Number: 24/AI
Regiment & Unit/Ship

9th Jat Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM

6. C. 8.

Bangladesh

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Gibbon Wakefield and Gladys Sprot Wakefield, of Dollar, Clackmannanshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE, AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS
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Buried or commemorated at

CHITTAGONG WAR CEMETERY, CHATTOGRAM
Bangladesh
Number of casualties: 755
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