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Chief Officer WILLIAM EDGECOMBE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Halo (London).

Date of Death

Died 21 March 1941

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY

Ward 3. Sec. A. Grave 1813.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Lily Edgecombe, of Folkestone, Kent; husband of Hilda Edgecombe, of Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (BISHOPWEARMOUTH) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 431
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