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