BORN HULL 1878. SON OF JOHN (1842-1898) AND ELIZABETH EDMUNDS (1850-1935), OF, HIGH GATE, BEVERLEY (war pension address).
A DOCK LABOURER. HE BOARDED AT 16, WHITE AVENUE, CENTRAL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4184, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 30097, 1ST BORDER REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE SOMME, ON 18/11/1916, AGED 38.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL, WHERE HIS PARENTS LIVED
First name:
EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
30097
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
18/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
38
