The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Edwards

Photograph by "Military Historian"

Private James EDWARDS, G/4667, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, at 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, Flanders France, 7.45pm. 26th June 1915.

Born Bedfont, Middlesex, son of Walter & Annie Edwards, 1 Fowles Cottage, Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex.

1911 Census - Fowles Cottage, Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex - Walter Edwards, head, age 46, married, general labourer, born Marlborough, Wiltshire; Ann Edwards, wife, age 45, married 23 years, 10 children, 7 still alive, field work, market gardener, born Marlborough, Wiltshire; George Edwards, son age 17, single, general labourer, market gardener, born Bedfont, Middlesex; James Edwards, son, age 14, market gardener, born Bedfont, Middlesex; William Edwards, son, age 8, school, born born Bedfont, Middlesex; Besse Edwards, daughter, age 7, school, born Bedfont, Middlesex; Emma Edwards, daughter, age 5, born Bedfont, Middlesex.

Enlisted Hounslow, Middlesex, age 19 years & 196 days, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 125lbs. Resided 2 Shepherds Cottages, Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex. Formerly general labourer.

29th November 1914, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 8th December 1914, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd April 1915, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 5th June 1915, gun shot wound to the head (brain); 7th June 1915, bone fragments removed, dangerously ill; 18th June 1915, dangerously ill, gun shot wound brain, post operative decompression.

24th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Walter Edwards, 1 Fowles Cottage, Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex; Mother, Ann Edwards, 1 Fowles Cottage, Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex; Brothers - Thomas Edwards, age 32?, 2 Shepherds Cottages, Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex; William Edwards, age 19, 2 Shepherds Cottages, Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex; Sisters - Bessie, age 17, Bedfont; Emily, age 14, Bedfont; Annie Edwards, age 28, Williams Forth Cottage, Staines Road, Bedfont, MIddlesex.

Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, II. B. 12., Pas de Calais, France.

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