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Pilot Officer WILLIAM GEORGE EDWARDS

Service Number: 42937
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

40 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1940

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 1. Row O. Grave 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Clara Edwards, of Beaufort, Mon. His brothers, James H.L. and Leslie C. also died on service.
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-LABOURSE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 127
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