Name
John Edward Andrews
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
27818
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Bushey Town Memorial, Bushey Congregational Church Memorial, St Peter’s Church Memorial, Bushey Heath
Pre War
Born in Maidstone, Kent, John Edward Andrews was the eldest son of John and Mary Andrews. He was one of 6 children. The family moved to Bushey and settled at 15 High Street in the mid-1880s.
By 1911 John Andrews senior was 70 and his three daughters had left home, but his three sons were still living with him. They, like their father, were all employed as bricklayers.
Wartime Service
John Edward Andrews enlisted as Private 27818 with the Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed on 25 September 1916. He is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial to the Missing (Pier and Face 2C) and on the Bushey memorial, on the plaques at St James, St Peters and at the Congregational Church.
Pension records show his parents were awarded 6/- per week from 03/07/17.
His younger brother, Walter Ernest Andrews, was also killed in action two months earlier on 27 July 1916. He is also commemorated at Thiepval.
Additional Information
Information provided with the kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
Acknowledgments
Andrew Palmer
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
