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Menin Gate, Ypres Menin Gate, Ypres
First Name: Edward Last Name: MAHONEY
Date of Death: 28/08/1915 Lived/Born In: Deptford
Rank: Private Unit: Royal Fusiliers4
Memorial Site: Menin Gate, Ypres

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Age-26

Born-Camberwell

4th Royal Fusiliers, 9 Brigade, 3rd Division went into the line near Sanctuary Wood in the Ypres salient on the night of 19th-20th August, 1915 and remained there for over a week. At 4pm on 28th August, 1915, a large howitzer opened up on the German trenches opposite their position and in the inevitable retaliation that followed Y Company were hit by German shells which killed four men and wounded another five.

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