Alfred Edwards
Oct 14, 2010 20:49:49 GMT
Post by bomber on Oct 14, 2010 20:49:49 GMT
Stoker No 108287 R.F.N Nelson Battalion.
1st ROYAL NAVY BRIGADE.
Wounded 13 July 1915. Bullet wounds to arm and groin. Discharge report reads:-
Admitted to clearing station 14 July 1915. Died of wounds (GSW) Chest.
World War I. Age 22 years.
Gallipoli campaign April 1915 to January 1916.
Home address 9 Turnerson St Salford Lancashire.
Alf is buried at the Cape Helles Lancashire Landing cemetery which is situated 1 kilometre west of Sedd el Bahr village. It stands on a small ridge named Karaja Oghul Tepe, 110 metres above the sea and overlooking "W" beach.
1914 Star
Instituted in 1917 for service ashore in France and Flanders between 5 August and 22 November 1914. In 1919 a clasp bearing the above dates was authorised and given to those individuals who had actually been under fire between the prescribed dates.
Ancestry Record
Name: Alfred Edwards
Service Branch: Royal Navy
Unit: Nelson Bn.
Rank: Acting Leading Seaman (Stoker 1st Class)
Death Date: 15 Jul 1915
Cause of Death: Died of wounds in Casualty Clearing Station (GSW Chest, arm & groin 13/7/15)
Burial: Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Helles (Gi 1)
Service History: Enlisted in RN 26/3/1909. Enrolled in RFR 26/3/1914 ; Nelson Bn. D/624 15/9/14-15/7/15 DD.
Notes: Next-of-Kin: Mother, Elizabeth, 9 Turnerson St., Salford, Lancs. ; 1914 Star issued to father, Mr. T. Edwards, 5/8/19.
Brother of Arthur and Charles Edwards
I Will Remember Him :poppy:
1st ROYAL NAVY BRIGADE.
Wounded 13 July 1915. Bullet wounds to arm and groin. Discharge report reads:-
Admitted to clearing station 14 July 1915. Died of wounds (GSW) Chest.
World War I. Age 22 years.
Gallipoli campaign April 1915 to January 1916.
Home address 9 Turnerson St Salford Lancashire.
Alf is buried at the Cape Helles Lancashire Landing cemetery which is situated 1 kilometre west of Sedd el Bahr village. It stands on a small ridge named Karaja Oghul Tepe, 110 metres above the sea and overlooking "W" beach.
1914 Star
Instituted in 1917 for service ashore in France and Flanders between 5 August and 22 November 1914. In 1919 a clasp bearing the above dates was authorised and given to those individuals who had actually been under fire between the prescribed dates.
Ancestry Record
Name: Alfred Edwards
Service Branch: Royal Navy
Unit: Nelson Bn.
Rank: Acting Leading Seaman (Stoker 1st Class)
Death Date: 15 Jul 1915
Cause of Death: Died of wounds in Casualty Clearing Station (GSW Chest, arm & groin 13/7/15)
Burial: Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Helles (Gi 1)
Service History: Enlisted in RN 26/3/1909. Enrolled in RFR 26/3/1914 ; Nelson Bn. D/624 15/9/14-15/7/15 DD.
Notes: Next-of-Kin: Mother, Elizabeth, 9 Turnerson St., Salford, Lancs. ; 1914 Star issued to father, Mr. T. Edwards, 5/8/19.
Brother of Arthur and Charles Edwards
I Will Remember Him :poppy: