Private 20076 William Eden

BMD details:
Marriage: 4th Qtr 1915 William Eden to Clara J Daniels at St Marys Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Vol 11a - Page 2874.

Notes:
Possible brother of [cas=575]Thomas Eden[/cas]

William Eden, Private, 20076, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. William was born at St. Helens, Lancashire. He enlisted at St. Helens into the Army, joining the 10th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. The battalion had been formed by the merger of two dismounted Yeomanry regiments (the Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) and attached to 231 Brigade, 74th (Yeomanry) Division. The division fought throughout the campaign in Palestine, leading up to the capture of Jerusalem in December 1917, but were called to the Western Front in April 1918 after the British Army had suffered huge losses due to the German Offensives on the Somme and the Lys. The 74th Division sailed to Marseilles, before entraining for Flanders, before returning to the Somme and fighting at the Battle of Epehy, as part of the offensive towards the Hindenburg Line. William was killed in action during the advance to the Canal du Nord, on 3 September 1918. He is buried at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, France. Information from [url]http://www.pembrokeshire-war-memorial.co.uk/page74.html[/url] [pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/Eden_W_20076_KSLI.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Wiliam Eden at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]