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First Name: | Edward Walker | Last Name: | GAY |
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| Date of Death: | 29/11/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Plaistow | |
| Rank: | Rifleman | Unit: | King's Royal Rifle Corps7 | |
| Memorial Site: | Menin Gate, Ypres | |||
Current Information:Born-Deptford On 26th November, 1915, 7th King’s Royal Rifle Corps of 41 Brigade, 14th Division, went into front line trenches in the northern part of the Ypres salient at a place known as the Forward Cottage Salient, close to Wieltje. The battalion diary records that on 29th November their trenches were heavily shelled by the enemy artillery and that 4 men were killed, including Rifleman Gay, and that another 13 wounded. |
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