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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Jabez Edwards
British Army 7th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Pelsall
(d.18th Sep 1918)
James Edwards
British Army 20th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. James William Edwards
British Army Royal Flying Corps
from:Tynemouth
I wanted to know about someone who was corresponding with my grandmother during WW1. All I had were a few photographs and postcards and a name, James W Edwards. Research uncovered the following:
James William Edwards was born in Tynemouth in 1888. He enlisted in the Black Watch at Perth in December 1909. He was promoted to L/cpl 31st of March 1910 and Cpl 3rd of August 1912. At his own request he reverted to Private 10th of March 1913 when he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. After serving in France from 21st of August 1914 to 6th of May 1915 he was sent back to England on the hospital ship Brighton suffering from T.B. He was discharged from the R.F.C. on the 24th of July 1915 under Kings Regulation Para. xxvi as unfit for active service.
He seems to have joined the Merchant Navy judging by postcards sent from various French ports and Boston, Mass. He died of T.B. on the 4th of June 1917 at the home of my grandmother, Margaret Bartholomew, in Chisbury, Wiltshire with my great-grandmother Elizabeth Bartholomew in attendance. He is buried in St. Michael's churchyard, probably in an unmarked grave. There was a fee to be paid because he was not a parishioner. I do not know why he was not repatriated to his home town for burial except that perhaps, during wartime, it was not practical, or perhaps it was his own request.
L/Cpl. James Edwards
British Army 1st Btn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Rgt.
I have a number of postcards from USA, Russia and France sent during 1910/11 to Pte/Lcpl Edwards when he was stationed in Ambala, India with the regiment. Whilst I understand that the regiment remained in India for the duration of the war I also have a copy of his medal record card which shows he was a full corporal and received the Victory and Star medal and was also a prisoner of war.
L/Cpl. James H. Edwards
British Army 17th (1st Footballers) Btn. Middlesex Regiment
Pte. James Edwards
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
(d.8th March 1917)
James Edwards is buried between entrance and ruins in the Bannow Cemetery, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Pte. John William Edwards
British Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Durham
(d.25th May 1915)
John Edwards died of wounds on the 25th of May 1915, aged 25. Buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France, he was the son of John William Edwards deceased, and Jane Bewick (nee Scott), and was born at 38 East Holborn, South Shields, Durham on 13 May 1890. He left a wife, Mary Eleanor, a daughter, Mary Eleanor aged nearly 3 and another daughter, Florence May aged 7 months.
The photo at Bailleul was taken by his great-great-granddaughter, Michelle, on a trip to Europe from Australia in 2002 and she is believed to be the first family member to visit his grave.
Pte. John Henry Edwards
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
also served with Labour Corps
Lt. John Marshall Edwards MM&bar.
British Army 159th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Hornsey, Middx.
Jack never spoke of the war, but we have discovered he was twice awarded the Military Medal in the field. He joined up with the 21st London Regiment as a private and started in France 16th of March 1915. He was Commissioned on the 13th of September 1917 into the RFA.
Pte. John Thomas Edwards
British Army 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Stockport, Cheshire
(d.19th May 1916)
My paternal great-grandfather, John Edwards fought alongside his son (my grandfather) Alfred Edwards, who must have lied about his age (intentionally or otherwise) to enlist.
I have visited his grave at Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi as well as the place he fell (Vimy Ridge) but would dearly love to find out more.
Gnr John Richard Edwards
British Army 78th Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:72, Eastland Road, Neath, Glamorgan
(d.8th August 1916)
Pte. Joseph Edwards
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Liverpool
(d.18th Nov 1914)
Joseph Edwards served with the 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers during WW1 and died, age 15, on the 18th November 1914. He is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate in Belgium.
Pte. Joseph Edwards
British Army 8th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Bolton, Lancashire
(d.15th Sept 1916)
Dvr. Richard Stanley "Derry" Edwards
British Army 124 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Pontypridd, Wales
My grandfather was born Richard Stanley Rowlands, but changed his name to Edwards, his mothers previous married name. He signed up twice to a Welsh regiment but his Mother 'retrieved' him as he was under age born 2nd Jan 1898. He then managed to join the Royal Field Artillery but his records appear to have been destroyed in WW2 and I cant find any more detail other than that listed on his medal card.
If my deductions are correct he was in 124 Brigade as part of 37th Division serving from 1916 in France at the battles of the Somme, Ypres and Passchendaele amongst many others. He was a driver and rode the lead horse of a gun team. He survived the war and lived until the mid 1960's when I was only 3 years old.
In the Second World War he was a chief fire watch officer and defused many incendiaries falling around Twickenham in London. My uncle still has his slide rule from his days as a RFA driver, and fire axe from WW2.
AbleSea. Richard Samuel Edwards
Royal Navy HMS Bulwark
from:Nottingam
(d.26th Nov 1914)
Richard Samuel Edwards lost his life when H.M.S. Bulwark exploded whilst taking on ammunition at Sheerness on the 26th November 1914. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. A Memorial notice was published in the local paper, the Nottingham Evening Post on the 26th of November 1919: “Edwards - In loving memory of Richard Samuel, lost with H.M.S. Bulwark, November 26th, 1914. Sadly missed. - Brother Albert, sister-in-law Emily.â€
Pte. Richard Frederick Edwards
British Army 7th Btn. King's Liverpool Rgt.
from:Bootle
(d.6th September 1916)
Richard Frederick Edwards is my great uncle and was one of three brothers. He lived in Bootle with his wife and family and served with the King's Liverpool Regiment. He was killed in action in September 1916.
His brother, William Edwin Edwards, served in 11th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment and was killed in action in March 1917.
Pte. Richard Stanley Edwards
British Army 5th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment
from:Sheffield
Richard Edwards, known as Stanley, joined up in August 1918. He was 17. He went to France and fought in the final few months of the war. He wrote a diary which I now treasure including a detailed map of the Battle of Havrincourt.
Pte Richard Edwards
British Army 6th Btn King's Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Dudleston/ St Martins
(d.17th Sep 1916)
Pte Richard Edwards
British Army 6th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Dudleston, Ellesmere, Shropshire
(d.17th September 1916)
Pte. Robert Richard Edwards
British Army 23rd Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Liverpool
(d.8th October 1918)
Robert Richard was previously in The Border Regiment (203704). He was a self-employed salesman and was born in Liverpool in 1888. He was married (1909) to Sarah Alice Dalton.
His mother (Ellen Fahey) and father (John William Edwards) died in 1910 and 1906 respectively. Robert Richard had to look after orphaned siblings.
Pte. Samuel John Robert Edwards
British Army 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
from:Walthamstow, Essex
My granddad, Sam Edwards, survived the Battle of Aubers Ridge, on 9th of May 1915, but received a serious bullet wound to the head. The result was deafness and dizzy spells for the rest of his life. Unbelievably, despite his grave but not fatal wound, on recovery he was sent back to serve again. He was a printer in the newspaper trade and his deafness was a boon when he returned to his job after the war, as he could tolerate the excessive noise of the printing presses.
Pte Samuel Edwards
British Army 3rd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Pte. Sidney Edwards
British Army 1st Btn. Worcestershire Regiment
from:Birmingham
I know little about my grandfather, Sidney Edwards' war other than that found online. He served with the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps in WW1. He miraculously survived the horrors of the trenches but was documented as having been seen at Barlin casualty clearing station on 29th of December 1916 and diagnosed with influenza. He remained with his battalion and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1918. Having been gassed in the trenches towards the end of the war he was able to return to his family safely but suffered breathing problems thereafter due to the effects of the mustard gas.
2nd/Lt. Spenser Ernest Edwards
British Army East Kent Regiment
(d.9th Mar 1917)
Pte. Sydney Edwards
British Army 4th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:1 Jesse Road, Francis Road, Leyton, London
My grandfather, Sidney Edwards, (born in 1877) learnt tailoring while he was an orphan and this trade and his self-reliance helped him during WW1 too. He was only 5ft 2 ins tall, but joined the 9th Durham Light Infantry when he enlisted at Leyton, London on 21/7/1916 (his service number on joining was 5956 and his regimental number was 301741)
He was a Private and was posted to France on 5/1/1917. On 27/5/1918 he was gassed and reported missing. While he was lieing in a shell hole, still very badly disabled by the gas attack, a young German soldier appeared over him and was about about to bayonet him when Sidney threw up his arms and shouted "comrade, comrade". So the German took him prisoner instead. Sid was eventually transferred to a POW camp in Germany.
On arrival at the camp the new prisoners were all lined up for inspection by the Camp Commandant, sitting on his horse. When the Commandant stopped at Sid he asked him where he was from and what he did. Sid answered he was a Tailor from Leyton. While they were talking Sid noticed a small tear in the Commandants uniform and told the Commandant he could repair it invisibly so it would not be noticed.
Sid became the camp tailor and was soon repairing the all uniforms of the very smart German officers and camp guards, who gave him small favours, plus extra rations which he shared with his hut mates. So he became popular with his colleagues and captors! He also slyly told the Germans he needed pork fat in order to "make their seams waterproof" but he, of course, used this to supplement the meagre prison rations of his hut too. So his early days of self reliance and quick wittedness, learnt as an orphan, in another large authoritarian institutional setting, served him very well again inside the prison camp and helped his survival in spite of his very small size. During his time in the prison camp he secretly made a large tailor made Union Jack by hand. When the armistice was declared he raised the Union Jack over the camp, on German soil!
When he was gassed and reported missing his wife was officially informed he was 'missing believed dead!'; so on his arrival back home, after his release, he was surprised to find his name had been included on the Honour Board, at his local chapel, for local men who had given their life in the service of their country during The Great War! However he was able to present, in person, his tailor made Union Jack 'victory flag', from the camp, to the chapel in Leyton in patriotic commemoration of the victory.
After the Great War he went on to become a Master Tailor living and working in Leyton. My cousins still have his medals and old German made treadle sowing machine.
Pte. Thomas Edwards
British Army Remount Squad Army Service Corps
from:Merthyr, Tydfil
I don't know a lot about my great grand father, ThoMas Edwards. All I have is name rank and number and 2 War Medals that he received for his service. But I would like to know more about the job he did and if he went to France. Are there any photos? Has anybody ever heard of his name? I would love to hear any stories.
Pte. Thomas Henry Edwards MM.
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
My Grandfather, Thomas Edwards, at the age of 18, won a Military Medal for his conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the British Offensive in Foret de Mormon on November 4th 1918. In spite of very heavy shell and machine gun fire and numerous casualties he carried on his duties of a runner and guide with great courage for four hours continuously. By his action he maintained communication and was of the greatest assistance in assuring the success of the attack in his sector.
He joined the Australian army during the Second World War and was killed in action during the fall of Singapore 12th Feb 1942.
Pte. Thomas Edwards MM
British Army 107th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Kensington
Pte. Thomas Edwards
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Nantwich
Capt. Thomas Owen Edwards
British Army Glamorgan Fortress Engineers Royal Engineers
from:Cardiff
Thomas Edwards was my maternal Grandfather. In the early years of the 20th century he was HM Chief Inspector of Factories for South Wales. During WW1 he served with the Glamorgan Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers. He died in 1929, 16 years before I was born so I have no personal memories of him.
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