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Second Lieutenant JOHN WESLEY EDWARDS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

1st/1st

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XIX. D. 11.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John Wesley Edwards, of 55, Freeman St., Coventry.
  • Personal Inscription THOU SHALT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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