See also

Henry Robert Edwards (1884-1915)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1915 CWGC burial Henry Robert Edwards

  • Occupation:

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  • general labourer2

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1884

  • Southwark, Surrey, England1 3 2

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 6)

  • 21 G Block Peabody Buildings, Southwark Street, Southwark, London, England3

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  • son attending school and living in two rooms with his parents Henry and Amy, brother William, and sister Jenny. Born in Southwark London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 16)

  • 36 Heygate Street, Walworth, London, England2

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  • unmarried son working as a general labourer and living in four rooms with his parents Henry and Amy, brother William and sister Jenny. Born in Southwark London

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 26)

  •  

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  • possibly in the Army?

  • Death:

  • 27 Aug 1915 (age 31)

  • Pas-de-Calais, France4

  • Burial:

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  • Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, France4

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  • rifleman no:R/3559 in the King's Royal Rifle Corps died on 27th August 1915 aged 31. Son of Henry and Amy Edwards of 36 Heygate St. Walworth Rd, London, a native of London

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Saviour Surrey 1884 quarter:3 volume:1d page:62. Cit. Date: 29 January 2020.

2.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:385 folio:61 page:43. Cit. Date: 9 March 2020.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:343 folio:101 page:52. Cit. Date: 29 January 2020.

4.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Etaples Military Cemetery grave:IV.D.5. Cit. Date: 12 April 2021.