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Corporal EDWARD ERNEST WAKEFIELD

Service Number: 3390367
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 December 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIGBOI WAR CEMETERY

3.D.3.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of E. Wakefield and Miriam M. Wakefield, of St. Helens, Lancashire; husband of Olive Wakefield. of St. Helens.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

DIGBOI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 200
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