BORN EASTRINGTON, YORKSHIRE, 1886. SON OF JOHN M & ALICE MARY CHRISTIAN.
ENLISTED DONCASTER. SERVED AS ACTING SERGEANT, IN THE 8TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, 1ST JULY 1916. AGED 30. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED AS A HULL CASUALTY – HULL DAILY MAIL, 01/07/1917. HULL ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
First name:
EDGAR
Military Number:
19945
Rank:
Acting Sergeant
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
30
