Person    | Male  Born 1889  Died 1916

William Henry Edmunds

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Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

William Henry Edmunds

A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.

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William Henry Edmunds

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London Welsh Rugby club - WW1

Unusually the plaque gives the birth and death years for each name. From a W...

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