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Private EDWARD WELSH

Service Number: 14635401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

X. F. 6.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Margaret Welsh, of Scotswood, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription WILLINGLY, COURAGEOUSLY HIS YOUNG LIFE HE GAVE NOW HE LIES IN A HERO'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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