BORN MIDDLESBORO, 1883. SON OF WILLIAM ENGLAND & ELIZABETH NEWBERY (1846-1929). BROTHER TO CHARLES, AMELIA & ANNIE.
HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1907, AGED 25. HUSBAND OF ROSE MARGARET STAINTON, OF 118 CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS EMPLYED AS A LABOURER AT A RADIATOR WORKS IN HULL.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 15/09/1916, AGED 33. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS WIDOW ROSE AND SON EDWARD. SHE REMARRIED A DISCHARGED SOLDIER, CHARLES HENRY BUTTON, ON 11/01/1917.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
EDWARD
Military Number:
3/3455
Rank:
Private
Date Died
15/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
33
