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Private JOHN EDWARDS

Service Number: 27185
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Signal Trench Memorial 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Clarissa Edwards, of 81, Melbourne, St., Salford, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE FROM HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1951
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