See also

Herbert Alfred Edwards (1891-1916)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Mar 1891

  • Higham, Suffolk, England1,2,3

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  • 1901 census says born in Soham Cambridgeshire (both places are within the Newmarket registration district)

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1 mn)

  • Middle Green, Gazeley, Suffolk, England2

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  • son living in four rooms with his parents Arthur and Sophia and sister Alice. Born in Higham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 10)

  • Vine Terrace, Exning, Suffolk, England3

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  • son living with his mother Sophia, sisters Alice and Minnie, and three boarders. Born in Soham Cambridgeshire

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20)

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  • Death:

  • 4 Sep 1916 (age 25)

  • Iraq4

  • Burial:

  •  

  • Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq4

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  • private no:7646 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment, grave XXI.S.54, son of Sophia Gilbert (formerly Edwards), of 3, Idare Cottages, Exning, Newmarket, and the late Alfred Edwards

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). Newmarket 1891 quarter:2 volume:3b page:547. Cit. Date: 25 March 2019.

2.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1292 folio:171 page:5. Cit. Date: 25 March 2019.

3.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1541 folio:15 page:21. Cit. Date: 20 April 2019.

4.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment private no:7646. Cit. Date: 23 October 2019.