Name
Edward Christopher Halsey
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
12/01/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
G/25405
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
3/4th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
III. F. 28.
France
Headstone Inscription
WE SHALL MEET AGAIN
UK & Other Memorials
Hitchin War Memorial, British Schools Museum Memorial, Hitchin, Separate plaque in British Schools Museum, Hitchin, St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, Hitchin, Not on the Welwyn village memorials
Pre War
Edward Christopher Halsey was born in Welwyn, Herts in 1899, the youngest son of John and Minnie Halsey, of 31, Grove Rd., Hitchin, Herts.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at 106 Nightingale Road, Hitchin where his father was working as a Butcher's Assistant.
He attended Hitchin British Boys' School.
When he enlisted in January 1917, he was a resident of Hitchin and had been employed by Latchmore's the grocers in the High Street, Hitchin for three years.
Wartime Service
Edward enlisted in February 1917 and joined the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. After training he was sent to France in November 1917 and served with the 3/4th Battalion.
He was killed in action near Cambrai on 12 January 1918 when a shell exploded nearby and is buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, France.
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs M A Halsey, 31 Grove Road, Hitchin, Herts., ordered his headstone inscription: "WE SHALL MEET AGAIN".
His mother received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £7 19s 3d. No pension appears to have been paid.
His death was recorded in the Herts Express dated 26th January 1918.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
David C Baines, P.R. Hughes, Paul Johnson, Adrian Dunne, Jonty Wild
