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In proud and
Loving memory of
Edward Pearce
(2/5 Glos Regt)
Only son of A.L. and E. Critchley
Killed in action August 22nd 1917
Aged 22 years
Buried in Ypres Cemetery, France
Place of Inscription
Holy Trinity Badgeworth
Gloucestershire
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Edward Pearce
Critchley
1895
Avening, Gloucestershire
22nd August 1917
Killed by a shell on the Ypres Salient, Flanders, Belgium
22
Tyne Cot Memorial, Flanders, Belgium
First World War
Sergeant
2nd/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
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