Name
Charles Edward Edwards
1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
10/03/1919
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Signaller
98676
Royal Field Artillery
"B" Bty. 67th Bde
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LAYSTON CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
127
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Buntingford War Memorial, We are not aware of any memorial in Layston
Pre War
Charles Edward Edwards was born in Layston, Nr. Buntingford, Herts, in 1890, the son of Walter and Eliza Edwards, and was one of seven children. He was baptised on 27 April 1890 in Layston.
On the 1891 Census the family were living in Harestreet Lane, Layston, near Alswick Hall and his father was working as an agricultural labourer. Also living with them was Fanny Edwards, his step-sister. They remained at Harestreet Lane in 1901 but by 1911 they had moved to Meeting Alley, Baldock Lane, Buntingford and Charles was working as a nurseryman.
Wartime Service
Charles joined the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner and went to Egypt on 19 July 1915. He was later described as a Sergeant on the Register of Soldiers' Effects and as a Signaller on his CWGC headstone.
Charles died on 10 March 1919 in the Cambridge registration area and is buried in Layston Churchyard Extension, Herts.
Additional Information
His mother received a war gratuity of £25 10s and a proportion of pay owing amounting to £9 4s 4d. His father received pay owing of £4 0s 6d.
Brother William served with the Bedfordshire Regiment and died from wounds on 26 April 1917. Brother Richard joined the Royal Navy and was killed at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
His mother Eliza (Elizabeth) received a pension in respect of her three sons but the amount is not known.
Acknowledgments
Kate Thompson, Brenda Palmer
Carol Emery, Jonty Wild