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Corporal HERBERT SAMUEL WESLEY EDWARDS

Service Number: 412458
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

4th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VI. C. 22A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James W. and Lizzie Edwards, of 182, Strachan Avenue, Toronto. Native of Peterboro', Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US THAT WE MIGHT ENJOY FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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