BORN ARMLEY, LEEDS, 03/02/1889. FORMER HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MASTER. MARRIED LOUISE POWIS IN BRAMLEY, ON 12/04/1915. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO 17 BRANCH ROAD, ARMLEY, LEEDS. COMMISSIONED INTO THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, AT GALLIPOLI, ON 07/08/1918, AGED 26. MARRIED FOR ONLY FOUR MONTHS. HE LEFT £230 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL AT GALLIPOLI.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 28/08/1915.
First name:
EDGAR
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Date Died
07/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
26
17 BRANCH ROAD, ARMLEY, LEEDS, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
