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Private WILLIAM EDGELEY

Service Number: 4120174
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1940

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CLECKHEATON NEW CEMETERY

Sec. A. Grave 793.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mark and Annie Edgeley; husband of Alice Edgeley, of South Elmsall.
  • Personal Inscription WHEN COMRADES RETURN OUR HEARTS YEARN FOR YOU, DEAR DADDY WHOM WE HARDLY KNEW
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Buried or commemorated at

CLECKHEATON NEW CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 20
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