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Lieutenant ASHLEY GAY EDGHILL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 April 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

VI. A. 35.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 96th Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Gay Conliffe Edghill and Constance Ethel Edghill, of "Rostrevor," St. Lawrance, Barbados, British West Indies. Born in Barbados, British West Indies.
  • Personal Inscription HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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