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Sapper EDWIN RHODES

Service Number: 2046806
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

179 Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTERFIELD (BOYTHORPE) CEMETERY

Grave 2.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Kate Rhodes, of Chesterfield.
  • Personal Inscription WE WERE NOT THERE TO SEE HIM GO ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTERFIELD (BOYTHORPE) CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 25
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