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Edgar Holden Straw

Private

Service No. 51591

Age 30

Died on 15 April 1918

Lincolnshire Regiment

PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Hainaut, Belgium

Son of Henry and the late Mary H. Straw (nee Garlick), of Sheffield; husband of Annie Straw (nee Douglas), of 64, Bridge St., Birkenhead.

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Henry Harrison

Edgar, O valiant heart, who to your glory came…. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Edgar, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st Lincolns myself, ...

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