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Serjeant ERNEST JAMES FRANCIS POVEY

Service Number: 18903
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

16th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

VII. L. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. Charles F. Povey, of 18, Albion Rd., Wood St., Walthamstow, Essex, and the late Mrs. Povey.
  • Personal Inscription MAY WE MEET DEAR MOTHER I FONDLY LOVED ALSO MY BROTHER IN HEAVEN ABOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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