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Sapper WILLIAM JOHN EDNEY

Service Number: 131075
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

233rd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY

III. D. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Amelia S. and the late William Edney, of 76, Brompton Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription SO SADLY MISSED BY US ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 636
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