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Private EDWARD HOUSON

Service Number: 19714
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

"B" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

III. D. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Ethel Houson, of Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription DEARER TO MEMORY THAN WORDS CAN TELL ARE THE THOUGHTS OF YOU I LOVED SO WELL
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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