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Lance Corporal EDWARD FAIRLESS

Service Number: 18/267
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE

III. M. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Edward Fairless, of Westgate-in-Weardale, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 891
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