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Rifleman EDWARD CHARLES COMPTON

Service Number: 565052
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KELSTON (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD

Near West wall of church.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edward and Ada Compton, of Spring Hill, Little Staughton, St. Neots, Hunts. Born at Islington, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY NOW AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

KELSTON (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD
Somerset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1
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