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Private EDWARD COLLS

Service Number: 11279
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

I. D. 29.

France

Photos of local cemeteries and churchyards not previously represented in image library taken spring 2020: AMERSHAM (THE PLATT) CEMETERY , Buckinghamshire

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Headstone

Photographer: Chris Leach

Headstone

Photographer: Chris Leach

Aston Clinton (St. Michael) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire, UK - August 2009

Photographer: Chris Lofty

Headstone CH/PM Photo taken 27th April 2022

Photographer: Paul Harbour

Headstone CH Photo taken 27th April 2022

Photographer: Paul Harbour

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Emily Colls, of 6, Prusom St., Old Gravel Lane, Wapping, London. Native of St. Georges in the East, London.
  • Personal Inscription I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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