EDWARDS Elijah John

  • First Name(s):
    Elijah 
    John 
  • Surname:
    EDWARDS
  • Service Number:
    5253790
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    South Staffordshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    10th August 1944
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, France, Grave XVI. A.11.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Percy James Edwards and Lizzie Agnes Edwards, of Wadborough, Worcestershire

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Stoulton St Edmund’s Church

Further Information About EDWARDS Elijah John

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

A letter from the Reverend Trevor Morgans, Stoulton Vicarage, dated 1st May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Private Elijah John Edwards, South Staffordshire Regiment, be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by John Barry:
1939 Register
Station Road, Wadborough
Percy J. Edwards, born 3rd May 1888, widower, Farm Worker. Heavy.
Mary Bennett, born 29th May 1885, Housekeeper
John Edwards, born 14th November 1918, Garage Attendant

British Army Casualty Report (1)
Missing believed Killed
7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
5253790 Edwards Pte. E.J. 10.8.44

British Army Casualty Report (2)
Previously reported Missing Believed Killed now reported Killed in Action
2/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
5253790 Edwards Pte. E.J. 10.8.44
(Missing believed Killed – 10.8.44. with unit as 7 Bn.)

Graves Concentration Report
Banneville-La-Campagne British Cemetery, Calvados
S. Staffords, 5253790, Edwards E.J. Pte., 10.8.44, Killed in Action, Plot XVI Row A Grave 11, Date of Reburial 9.7.1946, Previously buried near St Martin De Sallen, France, Map Ref: SH 7F/3 1/50.000 902446

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