Identity
Person No.
27936
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Edward Lynden
Initials
E L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Benjamin M. and Millicent A. Webber, of Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa. born 1/12/1883. Of Rhodesia. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At St Andrew's from July 1894-1898. When war broke out he got a commission with the Lincolnshire regiment and was sent to the Dardanelles in 1915. He was killed on 7th August of that year. In a letter to this man's brother his adjutant writes that they were ordered to take hill 53. Webber and a Captain Buck reached the top of the hill first where Webber was killed by a wounded Turk who fired at him from the bottom of the trench. The adjutant buried Webber on the top of the hill, Yilghen Burnu, and placed a cross and inscription over him.
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project