South Yorkshire Times, April 10, 1943

Killed In Action

Mr. and Mrs. E. Sylvester. 28. Oliver Street, Mexborough have received official notification that their eldest son, Pte. Edward Sylvester (28), was killed in action in India on March 18th.

Pte. Sylvester, who before the war was a hospital porter in Reading, was with the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and had been in the Army three years and in India a year.

He was educated at Garden Street, Mexborough, but left the district when he was 16

His sister, Mrs Dorothy Temple, is an  L/A.c.w. and a cook in the W.A.A.F.

From C.W.G.C.:

PRIVATE EDWARD SYLVESTER

Service Number: 5344712
Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Bn.

Date of Death: Died 18 March 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY, 10. D. 16., Myanmar

Additional Info
Son of Joseph Edward and Lily Sylvester, of Mexborough, Yorkshire.

Personal Inscription
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS