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Marine WILLIAM JOHN CLARENCE EDDY

Service Number: CH/24797
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

H.M.S. Afrikander.

Date of Death

Died 19 January 1941

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY

Naval Allotment Row C. Grave 20.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Florence T Eddy; husband of Elizabeth Avery Eddy, of Newton Abbot, Devon, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 185
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