Name
William James Edwards
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/09/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
204236
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
II. H. 9.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour, Hertford, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Hertford, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Born in 1891 in Hertford son of William and Maria Edwards of 15 Brewhouse Lane, St. Andrew's Street, Hertford.
In 1911 he was a butcher’s carman.
Wartime Service
Enlisted at Hertford and was killed in action at the Battle of Ypres (Battle of the Menin Road).
Additional Information
William is also commemorated on a grave in Hertford Corporation Cemetery. His inscription reads:
ALSO SON AND DAUGHTER, WILLIAM JAMES, KILLED IN ACTION SEPT. 20TH 1917. AGED 26.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Jonty Wild
