EDGECOMBE Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    EDGECOMBE
  • Service Number:
    J3198
  • Rank:

    Leading Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HM Submarine E37
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    3rd December 1916
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mary Edgcombe, of Fernhill Heath, Worcester.

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EDGECOMBE Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Fernhill Heath War Memorial Hall Roll of Honour
Hindlip School
Hindlip St James’s Church

Further Information About EDGECOMBE Harry

Appears on all 3 memorials as H or Harry, surname spelt Edgecombe.

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for navy casualties located in Worcester Cathedral as Lambert Henry Edgcombe H.M. Submarine “E. 37.”.

Submarine E37 was lost in the North Sea due to an unknown cause on 3rd December 1916.

A photograph of Leading Seaman L.H. Edgcumbe of Fernhill Heath can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 30th December 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

Lambert Edgecombe has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial, surname spelt Edgcombe.

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