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Lance Bombardier EDWARD McVEIGH

Service Number: 828240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

5 Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SYLVESTRE-CAPPEL NEW CEMETERY

Coll. grave 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Mary McVeigh; husband of Ellen McVeigh, of Bryn, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SYLVESTRE-CAPPEL NEW CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 19
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