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Private EDWARD YORKE

Service Number: 5040
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN

B. 33. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of New Southgate, London.
  • Personal Inscription REST WELL BRAVE HEART BY STREAM AND HILL WHERE MANY A HERO'S GRAVE GROWS GREEN
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 3083
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