Name
Edward George Andrews
14 Oct 1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/10/1918
18
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
266203
Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
VII. D. 15.
France
Headstone Inscription
Documentation shows the inscription "SADLY MISSED BUT SILENTLY MOURNED FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER, FATHER & SISTERS", which was later crossed out.
UK & Other Memorials
Radlett Town Memorial, Christchurch Memorial, Radlett, Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford, Not on the Aldenham memorials, Not on the Elstree memorials,
Pre War
Edward George Andrews was born on 14 Oct 1899 in Aldenham, Herts the son of Albert Andrews, an undergardener domestic, and Susannah (nee Hawtree) and baptised at Aldenham on 19 November 1899.
On the 1901 Census Edward had an elder sister, Ethel Mary (born 15 Aug 1897). The family were living at Kemprow, Aldenham. On the 1911 Census Edward was now aged 11 and a scholar, and there was a younger sister Dorothy May (born 27 Jan 1909). The Family later lived at Little Kendals, Radlett..
Wartime Service
Edward enlisted on 30 Nov 1914 for 4 years as a Territorial in the Hertfordshire Regiment as Private 4148 and posted to 2nd (Reserve) Battalion. He must have volunteered for overseas duty as on 9 Dec 1916 he was posted in a draft of 120 Other Ranks to 1st Battalion at Ypres.
He was posted on 4 Sep 1917 to 5th Battalion (possibly Bedfordshire, as his Medal Card records him as Serial number 266203) and on 12 July 1918 back to the 1st Battalion now positioned in camp at Souastre, France. During Aug 1918 the Battalion was engaged in the battle of Albert and in Sep 1918 the 2nd Battle of Bapaume and Battle of Havrincourt.
On the 8 Oct 1918 during the Battle of Cambrai there were severe casualties taken by the Battalion, and while the next two days (9 & 10 Oct) were static and according to the Hertfordshire Regiment war diary on 12 Oct 1918, "two companies were attached to the Somerset Light Infantry and went forward to mop up the railway and form a defensive flank.", there is no mention of casualties. Edward’s death in action is noted as 11 Oct 1918 in many records
Additional Information
His headstone may bear the inscription: "SADLY MISSED BUT SILENTLY MOURNED FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER, FATHER & SISTERS", however in records this is crossed out. His mother Susannah received a war gratuity of £18 10s and pay owing of £8. She also received a pension of 5 shillings a week from 6 November 1918.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer, Neil Cooper
Jonty Wild
