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John Edwards - KOSB

Details

Forename John
Surname Edwards - KOSB
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 24
Address 6 Holt Street, Westleigh
Parents' Address As above
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Drawer at Fletcher, Burrows & Company Collieries
Regiment King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Batt
Day of Death 3
Month of Death July
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension
Regiment Number 19993
Name of War First World War
Location Leigh
Additional Information Son of Martha Ann. Brother Peter killed at battle of Loos
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 14/7/16