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Corporal E G PALFREY

Service Number: 12827
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. J. 10.

France

CH

Photographer: Sue Marguet

City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park, Essex, UK: photos taken by Glenn Hearnden for Community Engagement initiative - April 2016

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Private memorial

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Charles and Emily Palfrey, of Pershore, Worcestershire.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER, IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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