BORN HULL 1896. SON OF CHARLES EDWARDS (1865-1948) AND LAVINIA FRETWELL (1865-1911), OF 96, MANCHESTER STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2, HARROW TERRACE, HARROW STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FISH DOCK ABOURER. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. (THREE SONS WERE KILLED IN THE WAR. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1911. HE WORKED FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS AND AS A SAILOR.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 24/03/1915. SERVED IN EGYPT AND WAS SENT TO FRANCE ON 07/03/1916. HE WAS KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, PTE, WILLIAM EDWARDS, SOUTH STAFFS, DIED ON 18/04/1918, ALSO AGED 19.
HIS BROTHERS, CHARLES HENRY EDWARDS AND JAMES ALFRED EDWARDS SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
THE THREE EDWARDS BROTHERS LOST IN THE WAR WERE;-
PRIVATE, HERBERT EDWARDS, 13/1353, EYR, KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 20.
PRIVATE, WILLIAM EDWARDS, 42700, 4TH SOUTH STAFFS (SPECIAL RESERVE) REGIMENT, DIED 18/04/1918, AGED 19.
LANCE SERGEANT, HARRY EDWARDS, 2ND WYR, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 24/04/1918, AGED 28.
