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Pte. Edward Charles Vale
British Army Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
from:Stretham, Cambs
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Edward Vale was born in 1890 at Ely, Cambridgeshire, son of William and Ellen Vale.
He previously served with 2nd Royal Fusiliers and 2nd and 6th Battalions Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry before transferring to the 1/4th Battalion.
His name appears on the War Office Daily Casualty List (Wounded), 24th September 1917, Edward died at Knightshayes V.A.D. Hospital, near Tiverton, Devon, of wounds received in France, 9th of October 1917.
Buried in Chevithorne (St Thomas) Churchyard, Devon, he is remembered on the Stretham, Cambs War Memorial.