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Private CECIL EDON

Service Number: 28224
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

17th Bn

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

XIII. B. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Jane Edon; husband of Jessie Edon, of 267, Harehills Lane, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBRANCE IS SWEET
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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