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2Lt. Edgar Henry Wale MID.
British Army 14th BTn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Southgate, Middlesex
Edgar joined the London Regiment at the age of 19 in 1916 (if not earlier). In 1918 he was seconded to the 14th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. He was Mentioned in Despatches, as published in the London Gazette 10th of July 1919. At some point in WW1, yet to be successfully researched, but believed to be at Ypres, he was wounded and hospitalised.
Edgar was successful in business, an excellent golfer, and loved his 1938 Alvis sports car. In 1952 Edgar was seriously injured in the Harrow & Wealdstone rail crash, and he died in 1958.