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Sapper EDWARD WHILE

Service Number: 2137562
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

233 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA

VIII. C. 2.

Algeria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Theresa Ann While, of New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
  • Personal Inscription "WE WHO LOVE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET IN OUR HEARTS YOU ARE WITH US YET" R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Algeria
Number of casualties: 888
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