Private Edward Weighll

Royal Navy, Royal Marines Medical Unit, Service no. 3214 RN.

Born: 27th December 1892.  Died: 1966.

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Edward was born at Mount Pleasant, Kippax, the son of Tom Weighll (1863-1937) and Violetta Sparling (1865-1936) both pictured below:

After the War, Edward married Ellen Collinson (pictured below left) on Christmas Day 1920.  Ellen died in child birth in 1921, but her daughter Clara survived (pictured below right).  Edward re-married on 8th January 1927 to Mary Ann Hodgson (1899-1969).  Edward himself passed away in 1966 aged 73.

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