BORN BARRY, CARDIFF 1892. SON OF PETER CHRISTENESEN & SARAH ANN GALSWORTHY, of 8, CROMPTON VILLAS, ESCOURT STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS); 267, WINCOLMLEE, HULL & 2, DERBY AVENUE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HE LIVED IN MIDDLESBOROUGH IN 1901. HE WORKED AS A CRANE FIREMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 8871, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 235503, 2ND WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/07/1917, AGED 25. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH ANN AND SISTER, KARINA. HIS WEEKLY WAR PENSION WAS 12/6.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING AT YPRES.
First name:
EDWARD THEOPHILUS
Military Number:
235503
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/07/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
2, DERBY AVENUE, BRIGHT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
