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Greensted – Edward George East [44144]
[44144] Private in the 8th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
He died of wounds on 15 October 1917 and is buried in
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
He was born about 1887 in Woodford, Essex, the son of William Herbert
and Hester East, who lived at Hardings Farm, Greensted.
In June 1916, William appeared before a Tribunal to appeal against his son
being called up, arguing that he was needed on the farm and that there was
no one to replace him.
At that time, he was described as a cowman on his father’s farm.
The appeal was dismissed, but two months were allowed so that William could
train someone to take his son’s place as cowman.
He is commemorated on his father’s gravestone in
Greensted Churchyard.
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Edward George East
Edward George East
The cemetery is located to the north-west of Poperinge near Krombeke. There are now 3,174
Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery and 65 German war graves from this period.
The cemetery also contains 73 Second World War burials dating from the Allied withdrawal to Dunkirk in May
1940.
On the 1901 Census his occupation is shown as Dairyman Shopkeeper. In the 1911 Census William is shown
as a farmer at Hardings Farm.
