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Private JOHN WILLIAM EDWARDS

Service Number: 28395
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. B. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Sarah Ann Edwards, of 16, John St., Worksop, Notts. Native of Woodend, Worksop.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET IS THE MEMORY OF ONE WE DEARLY LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 549
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