Name
Edward Potter
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
17
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal/Corporal
6246
Rifle Brigade
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 16B and 16C.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour, St James' Church Memorial, Watford Fields
Pre War
Son of James Samuel and Adelaide (nee HICKS) POTTER.
His parents married 22 September 1881 at St Andrew’s, Enfield, Middx. Adelaide died 1926 in Watford aged 66, and was buried 28 January in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; James died 1 October 1943 in Watford aged 85, and was buried 6 October, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
Edward was born c1881 in Enfield, and resided in Watford.
On the 1881, 1891 and 1901 Census, he is proving elusive. On the 1911 census, a Rifleman aged 30, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, he was stationed in Fort William.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in London; was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914 Star medals, his qualifying date being 7 November 1914, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Edward’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing. Has a entry in the National Roll of the Great War. His brother James died 26 August 1917 and also features on Watford Borough Roll of Honour.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
