Identity
Person No.
6436
Service No.
1603
Last Name
First Name
Vernon Jeffery
Initials
V J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received at Bernafay Wood, when on the 9th July, three companies of the 2nd S.A.I. occupied Bernafay Wood
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Albert and Gertrude Edkins, of Clifton, Cambridge. On Cambridge Town war memorial for 1914-18. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Vernon Jeffrey EDKINS, 2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 14th July (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Vernon Jeffrey EDKINS, 2nd SAI - Died of wounds on the 14th July (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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