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Serjeant B W EDKINS

Service Number: 33472
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1917

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVII. H. 15A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Henry and Sarah Ann Edkins, of 72, Sandwell St., Walsall, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription HE LOVED THE NAME OF DUTY MORE THAN HE FEARED DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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