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Private EDGAR MERRITT

Service Number: 60858
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE

Plot 1. Row C. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Holbeck, Leeds. Son of William and Ellen Merritt, of 26, Northcote Street, Beeston Hill, Hunslet, Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription A NOBLE LIFE LAID DOWN SO THAT WE MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE
Nord France
Number of casualties: 442
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