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Private EDGAR LEECH WHITEHEAD

Service Number: 251587
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row E. Grave 36.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Edwin and Hannah Whitehead, of Ashton-under-Lyne.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH HE WERE DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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