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Private ERNEST EDWARD DAVIS

Service Number: G/21877
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XXVII. R. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of W. G and Johanna Davis, of 97, Coronation Rd., Sheerness.
  • Personal Inscription HE LEFT HIS HOME SO CHEERFUL FULL OF HOPE AND JOY AND DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY THO' ONLY A BOY
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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