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Serjeant JOSEPH MATHEW EDWARDS

Service Number: 4445988
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1944

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONSETT BLACKHILL AND BLACKHILL OLD CEMETERY

Sec. 11. New Ground. Grave 27.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James Edwards and Marion Edwards, of Consett; husband of Eva Edwards, of Consett.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING. HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MAY LIVE. GOD'S LAST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

CONSETT BLACKHILL AND BLACKHILL OLD CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 61
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