See also

George John Edwards (1893-1918)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • foundry grinder2

  • Birth:

  • May 1893

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1,2,3,4

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 8)

  • 32 St. Margaret's Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents Thomas and Harriett, sisters Florence, Gertrude and Eliza, and brother Albert. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 18)

  • 5 Suffolk Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a foundry grinder and living in six rooms with his widowed father Thomas, and sisters Florence, Harriett and Eliza. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 23 Sep 1918 (age 25)

  • Somme, France4,5,6

  •  

  • Cause: in action

    Lance Corporal 202670 of 1st Battalion Cambridgshire Regiment, formerly 1170 Suffolk Regiment, son of T S Edwards and late H Edwards of 5 Suffolk Road Ipswich

  • Burial:

  • Sep 1918

  • Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Rue de Saulcourt, Epehy, Somme, France5

  •  

  • lance corporal no:202670 1st Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, grave ref:VI.D.6

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)7

  •  

  •  

  • the Victory, British and 1914 Star medals

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1893 quarter:2 volume:4a page:908. Cit. Date: 3 November 2019.

2.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10844 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:19 schedule:314. Cit. Date: 3 November 2019.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1780 folio:110 page:10. Cit. Date: 3 November 2019.

4.

Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

5.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). no 202670. Cit. Date: 3 November 2019.

6.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Ipswich Evening Star. Tuesday 29th October 1918 page:3. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

7.

Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). no:202670. Cit. Date: 3 November 2019.