EDWARDS Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    EDWARDS
  • Service Number:
    240491
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    34
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Beaurevoir British Cemetery, France, Grave C. 29.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Rose Edwards, of Worcester St., Pershore, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

EDWARDS Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Kempsey St Mary’s Church
Pershore Abbey
Pershore C of E School now in Pershore Working Men’s Club

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Pershore Abbey with the additional information: Worcestershire Regiment.

Further Information About EDWARDS Walter

Corporal, 1st/8th Worcesters. Worcester Street. Went out Easter 1915. In Italy August 1918.

Additional information from Pershore Parish Records, Holy Cross, Film No 216/7, available at Worcestershire Archives.

1911 Census:
Mary Ann Edwards, head, age 73, widow
Walter Edwards, son, age 27, single, Van Man, born Pershore, Worcester

A photograph of Corporal W. Edwards of Pershore can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 16th November 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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