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Sub-Lieutenant EDGAR C. DONOVAN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Siege Guns.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 38.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre with Palms (France). Son of the Rev. A. and Mrs. Donovan, of The Vicarage, Garton-in-Holderness, Hull; husband of Bertha Donovan, of Barbara Cottage, Nafferton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription AND ALL OUR SOULS MORE LOFTILY ATTUNED BY OUR SWEET MEMORY OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1673
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