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EDGAR WORSNOP
West Yorkshire LS12 3AQ
England
BORN ARMLEY, LEEDS, 03/02/1889. SON OF JAMES WORSNOP AND ELIZABETH RINGROSE, OF 15, SKIRBECK STREET, NEW WORTLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE.
EMPLOYED BY THE HULL CORPORATION AS A TEACHER. FORMER HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MASTER WHERE HE TAUGHT ENGLISH AND GERMAN.
HE MARRIED LOUISE POWIS (1887-1981), IN BRAMLEY, ON 12/04/1915. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO 17 BRANCH ROAD, ARMLEY, LEEDS.
COMMISSIONED INTO THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 07/08/1918, AGED 26.
HE WAS MARRIED FOR ONLY FOUR MONTHS. HE LEFT £230 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL AT GALLIPOLI.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 28/08/1915.
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