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Private military wooden cross in Wotton-under-Edge, Cemetery, Gloucestershire

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English: Edward Sylvester MAUNDERS. Private 51648 Gloucestershire Regiment. Born at Coombe, Wotton-under-Edge to Adolphus Sylvester and Agnes Elizabeth Maunders, nee Moore. 1901-1911 residing with his parents and siblings at Coomb. He married Ethel Emily Candy on the 20 February 1921 at St Mary the Virgin, Wotton-under-Edge, aged 22, occupation, engine driver. Died at Coombe from the effects of being gassed in the war 13 June 1927 aged 28. At rest in grave 243, Wotton-under-Edge Cemetery, Gloucestershire.
His son Jack Sylvester MAUNDERS. Lance Corporal 5185423, 9th Durham Light Infantry, formerly joined the Glosters. Born 1921 at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire to Edward Sylvester and Agnes Elizabeth Maunders, nee Moore of Coombe, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. He joined Gloucestershire Regiment in W.W.2, but was returned home to work at Listers Foundry, Dursley which was a reserve occupation. He then re-joined the army and posted into the Durham Light Infantry. Killed in action while liberating the village of Dieteren and surroundings 21 January 1945 aged 23. He was buried first in the village of Dieteren and some years later the War Cemetery in Nederweert. Limburg, Netherlands.
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