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Edwin Clare

Details

Forename Edwin
Surname Clare
Middle Name L
Memorial Tyldesley Cenotaph
Age 26
Address 35 Railway House, Mosley Common
Parents' Address As above
Township Tyldesley
Rank Sergeant
Occupation or place of work Fruiter and potato dealer with his father
Regiment The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Batt
Day of Death 29
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquieres
Regiment Number 40135
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Awarded DCM and MM
Son of Robert. Born in Manchester
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 23/11/17 - award, LJ 25/10/18 - killed
LJ 24/1/19 - Town council pays tribute