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Sergeant EDWARD TORRENS

Service Number: 80094
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

"A" Coy. 31st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. C. 36.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Catherine Torrens, of Whitehaven, England; husband of Mary Rachel Torrens, of Victoria, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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