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Name: Edward ARCHER
Casualty No.: Ranks: Private Initials: E Service No.: 2097
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham Age at Death: 17
Unit: 'D' Company, 1st/4th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers (Territorial Force)
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted: Prudhoe, Northumberland.
Place of Residence: Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Home Address: 11 Rockwood Terrace, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment: Miner at Greenside Colliery.
How Died: Died of wounds
Date of Death: Tuesday 27th April 1915
Place of Death:
Battle/Campaign: The Battles of Ypres, Belgium, 1915. The Battle of St. Julien, 24th April - 4th May 1915.
Locally Commemorated: Ryton War Memorial, Station Bank, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Greenside War Memorial, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. St John's Church, Roll of Honour, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: -
Buried: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ypres (Ieper), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave reference I. H. 21.
Decoration and Medals:
Photographs: 1
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary:
Family Details:
Son of Septimus and Jane Archer, of 11 Rockwood Terrace, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.
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