Private 20628 Albert Edwards

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 11th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 06/11/1915

Age at death: 30
Date of death: 1st of July 1916 (Saturday)
Born: Stoke Park, Salop
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery - II. M. 1.

Family details:
Next of Kin from service papers: Mrs Ann Edwards (mother), Yew Tree Cottages, Stoke Heath, Market Drayton. Personal effects final disposal: Miss Irene Doris Hammond, c/o W G D Hammond, 171 Rivington Road, St Helens.

Census details:
1901 Probable - 16 years old 'Servant' Albert is in service at the home of William Peover at Market Drayton. 1911 - 25 years old 'Glassmaker' Albert is boarding at 107, Grafton Street, St Helens with the Hammond family. The household consists of: James Daniel Hammond (34), Sarah Forshaw Hammond (32), John Hammond (12), [b]Irene Doris Hammond (2),[/b] Albert Edwards (25).

Notes:
Age taken from service papers.

[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Edwards_A_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/EdwardsA_KellyT_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Albert Edwards at Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (Photograph Courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]