Name
Edward Henry Briston
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/07/1918
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
37591
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PERNES BRITISH CEMETERY
II. C. 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin
Pre War
He was the eldest son of Mr R.H. and Ellen Briston of 57, Hitchin Hill, Hitchin. He was born in Hitchin and attended Hitchin Boys British School in Hitchin.
He was resident in
Hitchin when he enlisted in Bedford. Before joining up he was a Sunday school teacher
at St. John's Church in Hitchin and he was also a Scoutmaster with the St.
Mary's Church Scout Troop.
Wartime Service
He joined up on the 27th January 1917 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion of the Bedfords with the Regimental Number 37591 and went to France on the 6th June 1917. He died of wounds in No. 41 Casualty Clearing Station having been badly wounded the same morning. He was buried in the Military Cemetery adjoining the hospital.
He was probably in ‘D’ Company during an attack by the Germans on the northern outskirts of Albert. It was a quiet day until 9.25pm when the enemy, after a two-hour bombardment in which a large portion of the trench system was blown in and two Lewis-gun teams were knocked out, attacked and despite magnificent resistance by the Battalion, recaptured their former front line.
He was buried in Plot 2, Row C, Grave 9 at the Pernois British Cemetery in France.
Additional Information
Son of R. H. and Ellen Briston, of Hitchin, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Adrian Dunne, David C Baines, Jonty Wild
