Basic Details
Surname
Westmore
Forenames
Edgar
Gender
Male
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Served or died
Died
Notes
Recovered 12.6.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1647488/edgar-westmore/
RIFLEMAN EDGAR WESTMORE
Service Number: 330139
Hampshire Regiment 1st/8th Bn.
Date of Death 19 April 1917 Age 23 years old
Commemorated at JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Panel 29. Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Son of Mrs. F. C. Westmore, of 6, West View, Upper Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Recovered 12.6.23 from http://legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13668
Newspaper entry : Pte. Edgar Westmore, of the same battalion, [1/8th Hants Regt] has been killed in action. He is the son of Gunner F. Westmore, of the 4th Hants Howitzer Battery, who is himself serving in France.
Newspaper Source : IoW Mercury, 11 May 1917
Father : Frederick Westmore
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Annie Gibbs
Birth Place : Ventnor
Birth Date : 1894
Death Place : Palestine
Death Date : 19 Apr 1917
Commemorated : Jerusalem Memorial Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Panels 28 and 29.
Census 1901 : 26 Albert Street, Ventnor
Census 1911 : 6, West View, Upper Ventnor
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Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
19
Age at death
23
Manner of death as stated
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