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Major EDWARD UPTON BODY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

130th Bty. 40th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1918

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUESNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. A. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Body, of Tenterden, Kent; husband of Hilda May Body, of 82, Warrior Square, St. Leonards-on-Sea.
  • Personal Inscription "WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER" PHIL.1.23
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Buried or commemorated at

RUESNES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 87
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