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Corporal EDGAR GERALD WATKINS

Service Number: 530904
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. A. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Gerald and Mary Jane Watkins, of Hampstead, London.
  • Personal Inscription "RATHER USE THAN FAME" W.E.E.S.
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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