He was born in 1890 at Sampford Brett, Somerset.
In WW1 he served as Private 26416 in the 2nd/7th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). The battalion had been used as a home defence force but was eventually deployed to the Western Front in January 1917 and fought at Arras, Cambrai.
Edward was killed in action on the 13th of April 1918, aged 28 years. He was burried at the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Doullens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France. Plot VI. B. 18.
In WW1 he served as Private 26416 in the 2nd/7th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). The battalion had been used as a home defence force but was eventually deployed to the Western Front in January 1917 and fought at Arras, Cambrai.
Edward was killed in action on the 13th of April 1918, aged 28 years. He was burried at the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Doullens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France. Plot VI. B. 18.
He was born in 1890 at Sampford Brett, Somerset.
In WW1 he served as Private 26416 in the 2nd/7th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). The battalion had been used as a home defence force but was eventually deployed to the Western Front in January 1917 and fought at Arras, Cambrai.
Edward was killed in action on the 13th of April 1918, aged 28 years. He was burried at the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Doullens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France. Plot VI. B. 18.
In WW1 he served as Private 26416 in the 2nd/7th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). The battalion had been used as a home defence force but was eventually deployed to the Western Front in January 1917 and fought at Arras, Cambrai.
Edward was killed in action on the 13th of April 1918, aged 28 years. He was burried at the Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Doullens, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France. Plot VI. B. 18.
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Private, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Age: Unknown.
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