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Sapper GEORGE CORNWELL WARD

Service Number: 171734
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Army Signal Coy

Date of Death

Died 21 July 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XVI. A. 12.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Frederick and Annie Catherine Ward, of 28, Ampthill Rd., Bedford.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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