Edwin Cecil Summers
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private
Parents: Robert George and Elizabeth Jane Summers
Marital status: Married
Home address: 206 Station Road, Kingswood
Pre-war occupation: Brick Burner
Date of birth: 09/03/1906
Date of death: 30/03/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery Tunisia and commemorated Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 37
Further information:
In January 1943 the 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment left for Algiers then Tunisia. In March, Edwin died in the defence of the town of Sedjenane in Tunisia during the Tunisian campaign.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Battle_of_Sedjenane.html