BORN HULL 1889. SON OF WILLIAM COLE. A FORMER GAS LIGHT WORKER. HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, DURING SEPTEMBER 1916. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 32982, 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION BETWEEN 9TH-13TH APRIL 1917, AGED 28. HE IS BURIED AT TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/04/1917.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY WAR MEMORIAL, KEPT AT THE FAKENHAM GAS WORKS MUSEUM, NORFOLK.
First name:
EDWARD (TED)
Regiment:
Military Number:
32982
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/04/1917
Place died:
Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
7 KINGS CROSS TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
