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Name & Rank
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Driver Edmund Alphonzo Gardiner
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Unit
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No. 37006, 25th Battalion., Machine Gun Corps.
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How & When Died
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Died of Wounds, 27 July 1918.
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Age, if known
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20 years
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Next of Kin details
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Son of Reginald Sydney and Adnie Gardiner, of Hawthorn Farm Cottage, Whinmoor, Seacroft, Leeds.
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Commemoration Details
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Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France. Plot III, Row F, Grave 17.
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Other Information / Remarks
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Edmund Gardiner was born in Stafford. He originally enlisted, in Leeds, into 3rd/4th Bn., Seaforth Highlanders. His death
was announced in the Yorkshire Evening Post on Thursday, 1 August 1918. He had a younger sister called Winifred.
Edmund Gardiner's father was a watchmaker. Visiting on the night of the 1901 census was 50 year old boot and shoe maker,
William Stainton. During this time the family was living at 74 Stockbrook Road, Derby.
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