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Gunner LESLIE EDWARDS

Service Number: 1441711
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

2 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Tom and Clara Edwards; husband of Margaret Edwards, of Chadderton, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription SO YOUNG IN LIFE, SO GOOD AND TRUE, WE ALWAYS WILL TREASURE THE MEMORY OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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