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Rifleman JOHN ALFRED EDWARDS

Service Number: S/31944
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

VII. B. 29.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Martha Edwards, of Bow; husband of Elizabeth Annie Edwards, of 22, Perring St., Devons Rd., Bow, London.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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