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Private EDGAR CHARLES BLAND

Service Number: 6011095
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

5. G. 16.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Bland, and of Henrietta Bland, of Colchester, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription NOT GONE FROM MEMORY NOT GONE FROM LOVE BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE

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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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