The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal E Edwards

Corporal Edwin EDWARDS, S/1149, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 28th August 1916, age 39.

Served in the South African Campaign.

Born St Lukes, London, Middlesex, son of Henry and Ann Edwards.

Husband of Ellen Edwards, of 144, Katherine's Buildings, Cartwright Street, Tower Hill, London.

1911 Census - 144, Katherine's Buildings, Cartwright Street, Tower Hill, London - Edwin Edwards, head, age 33, married, dock labourer, Clyde Shipping Company, born St Pancras, London; Ellen Edwards, wife, age 34, married 8 years, 4 children, all still alive, born Whitechapel, London; James Edwin Edwards, son, age 7, school, born Whitechapel, London; Mary Ann Agnes Edwards, daughter, age 5, school, born Whitechapel, London; William Daniel Edwards, son, age 3, born Whitechapel, London; Edward George Edwards, son, age 10 months, born Whitechapel, London; Mary Allman, mother in law, age 66, widow, pensioner, born County Cork, Ireland.

Enlisted Stratford, E.

12th March 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.

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