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Gunner JOHN EDWARDS

Service Number: 919181
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

53 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEVEREN-IJZER CHURCHYARD

Grave 12.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Gertrude Edwards, of Bolton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR COUNTRY AND CAUSE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEVEREN-IJZER CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 28
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