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PILE, Edward Lewis (1895-1921)

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Full Name: Edward Lewis PILE

Nationality: British

Rank: Private

Service: Northumberland Fusiliers

Unit: 3rd Battalion

Age at Death: 26

Date of Death: 27 Apr 1921

Service Number: 32210

Cemetery: St Nicholas Churchyard, Pluckley, Kent, UK and Pluckley Village War Memorial, Kent, UK

Reference: North Part.

CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/4028869/PILE,%20EDWARD%20LEWIS

EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/4028869/

Edward was born Charing, Kent in 1895 to Edward and Fanny Pile. At his death, Fanny was recorded as living at 18 Dunstan Avenue, Westgate on Sea.

In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae, May 1915