Dates:
War Service:
Lance Corporal 4230 EDWIN EVENS CRAGG PADDON of 1st Regiment, South African Infantry died on 18 July 1916, aged 26.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the memorial at Christ Church, Forest Hill.
Details:
He was born in Grahamstown, South Africa and educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown and Elstowe College, Bedford. He was the son of Tilney Edwin and Ella Paddon, of "Ravensdale", 20, Church Road, Forest Hill.
Source:
Contributed By: Andy Pepper
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