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Second Lieutenant ERNEST EGGLESTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1919

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

I. F. 25.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Joshua and Jane Eggleston, of Roker Farm, Sunderland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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