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Private ERNEST EDGAR WELSH

Service Number: 8949
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

1st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. H. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of George and Charlotte Welsh.
  • Personal Inscription WHERE DUTY CALLS OR DANGER BE NEVER WANTING THERE
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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