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Private EDGAR JOHN GILLINGHAM

Service Number: 5669917
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 12.

India

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 151st Bn. The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ralph James Gillingham and Lucy Jane Gillingham, of Wincanton, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEAR SON EDGAR. FOREVER IN OUR THOUGHTS. MUM, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1154
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