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Sapper EDWIN SKAIFE

Service Number: 2186742
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

116 Road Construction Coy.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1940

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORNIC WAR CEMETERY

Spec. Mem. 2. E. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Marjorie Skaife, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription A HEARTACHE, A TEAR, A MEMORY SO DEAR EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES WE WISH HE WERE HERE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORNIC WAR CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique France
Number of casualties: 400
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