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Private EDWARD SOUTHWELL

Service Number: 20813
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY

C. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Grace Southwell; husband of Phyllis Irving Dixon Southwell, of 3, Florence Terrace, Netherton, Maryport, Cumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

GENT CITY CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 198
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