Identity
Person No.
28929
Service No.
5595
Last Name
First Name
Edwin Ernest
Initials
E E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 784
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action. On the 12th October 1916, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range
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Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Wylde, of Kingsburgh Lodge, Orpington, Kent. Also served in South Africa (1914) and in German South West Africa. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State.
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