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Trooper JAMES DOUGLAS EDGCOMBE

Service Number: 14318917
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.

55th Indep. Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORTHWOOD CEMETERY

Sec. G. Grave 38.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur George and Winifred Elsie Edgcombe, of Ruislip.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

NORTHWOOD CEMETERY
Middlesex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 134
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