Private 237381 Harry Edmundson

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Herefordshire Regiment - 1st/1st Bn.
Theatre of War: Egypt
Previous Reg/Num: P/1803, N Lancs Regt.

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 6th of November 1917 (Tuesday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Beersheba War Cemetery - E. 78.

Family details:
Son of Isaac Bowman Edmundson and Caroline Edmundson, of 166, Speakman Rd., St. Helens.

Census details:
1901 - Henry 2 is living at 13 Virgil Street, St Helens with his parents Isaac (28), Caroline (25) and siblings Albert (5), Harold (3 months) and Eva (3 months) 1911 - 12 year old schoolboy Harry is living at 166, Speakman Road, St Helens with parents Isaac (38), Caroline (35) and three siblings: Albert (15), Harold (10), Norman (8). There's a transcription error in the 1911 census and Harry's age is given as 22

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=12]Remembered On the Ormskirk Street Memorial, St Helens.[/url]

[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/237381EdmundsonH-1.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Private Harry Edmundson at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/Harry_Edmundson_237381.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Harry Edmundson at Beersheba War Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Kathi Kreske)[/caption]