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Private THOMAS EDWARDS

Service Number: 204863
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. I. 84.

France

Photos taken in cemeteries in France by Director of Technical Services - March 2011 (Note: many of the headstones in this set were photographed by DTS to show the extent to which their condition had deteriorated, where this is apparent an appropriate keyword has been added).

Photographer: Director of Technical Services, CWGC

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Susannah Edwards, of 184A, Bolton Rd., Walkden, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM THE MOTHER WHO LOVED HIM IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES ASLEEP IN JESUS
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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