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Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
6 Jul 1872
Baptism:
6 Oct 1872 (age 0)
St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England2
son of Henry Edwards (labourer) and Anne of Buxhall
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 8)
near Church, Buxhall, Suffolk, England8
son attending school and living with his parents Henry and Anne, brothers Harry, Charles and Walter, and sister Annie. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 18)
unmarried son working as an agricultural labourer and living in four rooms with his parents Henry and Anne, brothers Harry and Walter, and sisters Annie and Ethel. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Military Service:
frm 6 May 1891 to 11 Mar 1903 (age 18-30)
British Army Suffolk Regiment as no:206210
an agricultural labourer who was 5' 4¼" tall, weighed 120lbs with a chest of 233 /34½", a fresh complexion, hazel eyes and fair hair. He served in both India and South Africa
Census absence:
31 Mar 1901 (age 28)
as serving with the Army in South Africa
Medals:
1902 (app)
South Africa medal and clasps
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 37)
3 Nelson Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England5
an unmarried boarder working as a dock labourer for Great Eastern Railway and living in seven rooms with Alfred and Edith Gooch and family. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 49)
5 Church Street, Harwich, Essex, England6
unmarried boarder working as a quay labourer for Great Eastern Railway at Parkston Quay and living in five room with widowed Harriet Burwood, his brother Walter, and another boarder. Born in Buxhall Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 67)
Alberta, Main Road, Harwich, Essex, England7
an unmarried and retired dock porter living with his brother Walter, sister-in-law Hester, two of her relatives and a John Morgan. Born on 6th July 1872
Death:
26 Dec 1943 (age 71)
Cause: of cancer of the rectum, exhaustion and cardiac failure
a retired dock porter
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1872 quarter:3 volume:4a page:546. Cit. Date: 13 June 2021.
Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:3. Cit. Date: 13 June 2021.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Harwich 1943 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1005. Cit. Date: 20 March 2023.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1455 folio:13 page:2. Cit. Date: 13 June 2021.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10249 class:RG78 piece:540 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:3 schedule:315. Cit. Date: 20 March 2023.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9144 registration district:197 sub-district:3 enumeration district:1, 2 schedule:109. Cit. Date: 20 March 2023.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1515B page:2 line:8 letter code:DBZE. Cit. Date: 6 December 2021.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1848 folio:16 page:3 schedule:634. Cit. Date: 6 December 2021.
Neil Lanridge personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 19 March 2001.
FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:WO97 box:9333 record:25. Cit. Date: 20 March 2023.
Death Certificate. FindMyPast British Army Service Records. Cit. Date: 20 March 2023. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.