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Private GEORGE EDWARDS

Service Number: 27896
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. L. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Jane Edwards, of Blymhill Lawn, Watling St., Nr. Shifnal, Salop.
  • Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD. AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT. SHINE UPON HIM.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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