MEESE Edward

  • First Name(s):
    Edward 
  • Surname:
    MEESE
  • Service Number:
    15770
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Welch Regiment
  • Battalion:
    8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Amara War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave XIV. H. 8.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Stourport, Worcestershire, enlisted Llanelly
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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MEESE Edward Is Named On These Memorials

Hartlebury C of E School now in Hartlebury Village Hall
Stourport High School formerly in Stourport Boys School
Stourport War Memorial

Further Information About MEESE Edward

1901 Census
St John’s Road, Upper Mitton, Stourport
Thomas William Meese, head, age 36, Millers Carter, born Cookley, Worcestershire
Sarah Ann Meese, wife, age 38, born Hope under Dinmore, Herefordshire
William Meese, son, age 11, born Hartlebury, Worcestershire
Edward Meese, son, age 8, born Hartlebury, Worcestershire
Edith Meese, daughter, age 4, born Hartlebury, Worcestershire

Edward Meese was the son of Mr and Mrs Meese, 9, St. John’s Road, Newtown, Stourport.  He enlisted on 24th September 1914.  Formerly employed at Messrs. Worths, Stourport, but at the outbreak of war he was employed at the Welsh Tinplate & Stamping Co., Ltd., Llanelly.  Edward suffered from frostbite in France during the winter of 1915.  He had only been in Mesopotamia a short time when he died from disease.

Source for additional information: Kidderminster Times 22nd July 1916, Kidderminster Shuttle 26th August 1916.

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Credits: Casualty and Kidderminster newspapers researched by Adrian Carter. 1901 census researched and transcribed by Sandra Taylor.