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Lance Corporal EDWARD JAMES TORKINGTON

Service Number: S/16212
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

III. B. 30.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ada Torkington, of 22, Marine Parade, Sandylands, Morecambe, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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