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Private EDWARD RICHARD MARK TOMBS

Service Number: 41305
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVAL WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY, VIEUX-BERQUIN

I. AA. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Tombs and Mary Tombs (stepmother), of 76, Beatrice St., Gorse Hill, Swindon.
  • Personal Inscription HE'S GONE THE CHILD WE LOVED SO DEAR TO HIS ETERNAL REST
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