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Bombardier JOHN SAMUEL EDKINS

Service Number: 1457362
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

210 Bty., 53 (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WORMHOUDT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row A. Grave 31.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Howard Samuel and Margaret James Edkins, of Stechford, Birmingham.
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Buried or commemorated at

WORMHOUDT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 148
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