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Private WILLIAM HENRY EDGE

Service Number: PS/6821
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 July 1916

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

1A.B.23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Clara Townson (formerly Edge), of Holywood, Smithills, Bolton, Lancashire, and the late Joseph Edge.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE WORLD
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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4039
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