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Lance Corporal EDGAR WILSON

Service Number: 4623836
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY

I. E. 2.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Minnie Wilson, of Whitwood Mere, Castleford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription A NOBLE LIFE LAID DOWN THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1152
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