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Private GEORGE EDWARD FRANCE

Service Number: 26612
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 October 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY

H. 18.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Stephen and Sarah France, of 52, Sherwood, Preston Brockhurst, Shrewsbury.
  • Personal Inscription WE MISS HIM MOST WHO LOVED HIM BEST FROM LOVING MOTHER, FATHER SISTERS, BROTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

CARNOY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 854
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