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Second Lieutenant EDGAR PERCY GAY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 January 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VIII. C. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Husband of Eva Gay, of 46, Briar Avenue, Norbury, late of 56, Shirley Park Rd., Addiscombe, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 572
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