BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALFRED EDWARDS (1857-1918) & MARY BYRNE EDWARDS (1861-1922), OF 173, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL; 250, WINCOLMLEE, HULL.AND 73, CLIFTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SOM OF A TOBACCONIST. HE HAD SEVEN BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29950, EAST RIDING YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TOTHE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTON ON 18/09/1918, AGED 19.
UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ALFRED. HIS PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY, AT 74 CLIFTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 06/11/1918.
HE IS BURIED AT VIS-EN ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ST CHARLES BOREMEO, CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHERS ALSO SERVED – PTE. ALFRED BYRNE EDWARDS – 73 CLIFTON STREET, PTE. THOMAS EDWARDS – ASC, & BOMBARDIER, OLIVER JOSEPH EDWARDS, RFA.
