BORN HULL 1897. SON OF EDWIN JAMES (FISH DEALER) & SUSANNAH ABOVE. LISTED ON ST BARNABAS ROH. KILLED BY SHELL. HULL TIMES 2/12/16. PHOTO.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE EDWIN FRANCIS FIELD 10/1365. Born in May 1897, Edwin was the third of four children and only son of Edwin and Susannah Field of 4 Marmaduke Street, Hull. A Labourer by trade, he enlisted at City Hall on 21st May 1915, judging by his Attestment Form it was his birthday- he was keen. Originally joining in the 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, Edwin was transferred to the 11th after his arrival in France in April 1916. He was killed in action on 13th November 1916 as the battalion crouched in front line trenches in close support to the main attack on Serre which formed a part of the last desperate action of that summer’s Somme campaign finally grinding to a halt in the winter mud. Their trenches were being shelled by German high explosive and they were sitting ducks. Edwin’s body was never recovered, which means he was completely eviscerated, bone and guts becoming just a part of the walls and floor of the trench, and blood being swallowed by the mud. His name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial and in St Barnabas Book of Remembrance back home; he was 19 years old.
Field, Edwin Francis
First name:
EDWIN FRANCIS
Military Number:
1365
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
19
