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Corporal EDWARD ALFRED GURLING

Service Number: 6292816
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY

X. D. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Angelina Gurling; husband of Lilian Gurling, of Leyton, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL GENTLE AND KIND HE LEFT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY. "ONLY SLEEPING"
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Buried or commemorated at

FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1638
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