See also

George Ernest Edwards (1899-1918)

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George Ernest Edwards

Individual Events and Attributes

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  • Roll of Honour - of Raydon, Lance Corporal 1st Batt. Norfolk Regiment

  • Birth:

  • 2 May 1899

  • Hitcham, Suffolk, England1,2,3,4,5

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Jun 1899 (age 0)

  • All Saints Church, Church Lane, Hitcham, Suffolk, England2,3

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  • son of George Edwards (labourer) and Clara of Battisford Road Hitcham, baptism performed at the Mission Church

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 1)

  • Battisford Road, Hitcham, Suffolk, England4

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  • son living in four rooms with his parents George and Clara, and sisters Clara, Jane and Agnes. Born in Hitcham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 11)

  • Sulley's Hill, Lower Raydon, Suffolk, England5

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  • son attending school and living in five rooms with his parents George and Clara, sisters Clara, Jane, Agnes and Rose, and brothers Percy and William. Born in Hitcham Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 27 Sep 1918 (age 19)

  • Pas-de-Calais, France6,7,8

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  • Cause: in action

    lance corporal 36933 of 1st Battalion Norfolk regiment

  • War Memorial:

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  • Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Lebucquiere, Pas-de-Calais, France8

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  • III. C. 25

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). Cosford 1899 quarter:2 volume:4a page:851. Cit. Date: 30 September 2018.

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Suffolk Family History Society - Sudbury East Baptisms 1813-1904, (2015 SFK-BPI-04/P1 own copy). Hitcham All Saints entry:1205. Cit. Date: 23 December 2018.

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Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

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England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1748 folio71 page:1. Cit. Date: 30 September 2018.

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England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10783 class:RG78 piece:583 registration district:212 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:115. Cit. Date: 30 September 2018.

6.

FindMyPast Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Cit. Date: 23 December 2018.

7.

Suffolk Roll of Honour web site, (on-line at http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/).

8.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). as G E Edwards. Cit. Date: 23 December 2018.