EDWARDS, John Richard
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Rank:
Major
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Died :
Friday, September 17, 1943
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Local Roll of Honour:
Major John Edwards died during operations at Salerno, Italy, this date being that of the action on the hills by the village of Piegolelle (or Piegolette). Son of Frank Basil and Rosa Christine Edwards; husband of Sara Patricia Edwards (nee Jermain), of Hill Head, Hampshire.
Sources
CWGC.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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