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Lieutenant EDWARD GORDON ABELSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

190th Bde. Machine Gun Coy. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 01 December 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE

Div. 3. A. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Abelson, of 10, Kidderpore Gardens, Hampstead, London.
  • Personal Inscription "AND HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER...."
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. MARIE CEMETERY, LE HAVRE
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 2063
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