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Private EDWARD BURGESS

Service Number: 26910
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRANDCOURT ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

D. 71.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Sarah Ellen Burgess, of 5, Fidles St., Thatto Heath, St. Helens.
  • Personal Inscription TO HAVE, TO LOVE AND THEN TO PART IS THE SADDEST STORY OF A MOTHER'S HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

GRANDCOURT ROAD CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 389
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