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Private EDWARD GEORGE LAKER

Service Number: 6938
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

1st/23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. A. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles E. and Sarah Laker, of Horsham, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN NEVER SHALL THY MEMORY FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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