BORN DEWSBURY 1883, BUT RESIDENT & ENLISTED IN HULL. WORKED AS A BRASS FINISHER. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & MARTHA EDSON. HAD ONE OLDER SISTER SARAH MARGARET EDSON. HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED WITH THE 1ST KOYLI. RE-ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS ON 7/09/1914, AT THE AGE OF 31. SERVED IN EGYPT FROM 15/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 8/03/1916. KILLED AT OPPY WOOD, 3/05/1917, AGED 34.
NB: ROBERT EDSON, EYR – 485 HESSLE RD. & EDSON FAMILY ABOVE.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
45962
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
34
