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Major JOHN RICHARD EDWARDS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marines

No. 41 R.M. Commando.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1943

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

I. A. 23.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Basil and Rosa Christine Edwards; husband of Sara Patricia Edwards (nee Jermain), of Hill Head, Hampshire.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN ACTION WHILST LEADING THE 41ST R.M. COMMANDO. "PER MARE PER TERRAM"
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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