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Lance Serjeant SAMUEL EDWARD AVERY

Service Number: 1884720
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

720 Gen. Constr. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1941

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TORQUAY CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Sec. M.X. Grave 14801.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Edward and Maud Avery, of Torquay; husband of Marion Elizabeth Avery, of Hele, Torquay.
  • Personal Inscription WE HAVE LOST BUT HEAVEN HAS GAINED ONE OF THE BEST THE WORLD CONTAINED
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