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Serjeant EDWARD LAWRENCE WESCOTT

Service Number: 9580
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lincolnshire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. M. 6A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elton Edward and Leah Elizabeth Wescott, of Grasby, Lincs. Native of Grasby. Originally attached to the 1st Bn. and went to France with that battalion in August, 1914.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP WITH ENGLAND'S HEROES IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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