Name
Edward Henry Lilley
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/11/1914
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14751
Middlesex Regiment
4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BROMPTON CEMETERY
N. 172673.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial, Diocese - Book of Remembrance, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1), Diocese of St Albans - ROH, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans (*1), Not on the Bishop's Stortford memorials
Pre War
Son of Frederick Lilley, of 17, Baldwin Hill, Loughton, Essex.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was born in Bishop's Stortford and he enlisted in Mill Hill, Middlesex.
Wartime Service
Died of Wounds
Additional Information
*1 The St Albans Cathedral Diocese records suggest a connection to Hertford, however these records do list him as a Private in the Bedfordshire Regiment. We believe that we have identified the correct man because no other candidate has been found, but also because his service record shows that he was originally (pre-war) Private 6815 in the 4th Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment, a Territorial Force and that when enlisting in that service was given a character reference by a previous employer from Hertford, suggesting he was living there when he enlisted in the Regular Army - 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
