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SHERRING Edward Cecil Private

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/68599

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SKR/DAT/IP/68599
Title
SHERRING Edward Cecil Private
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: SHERRING;

Forename(s): Edward Cecil;

Initials: EC;

Rank: Private;

Previous Number: PO/1309/S;

Previous Battalion: 2 of;

Previous Regiment: RMLI;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 190 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 11-Feb-1917;

Other Data: MH106 - 11CCS - 10/2-19/2/1917: shell wd, abdomen & rt arm, aged 20
CWGC Headstone reads "Machine Gun Company RND" ; Now buried in a joint grave with 9246 Private C. Taylor, 7th Bn. Royal Fusiliers;

Other Notes: DOW 11/2/17 ; Mother, Fanny Sherring, 57 Nortoft St., Malmesbury Park, Bournemouth.
Varennes Mil Cem I. D. 14;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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SHERRING Edward Cecil Private