Name
Leslie Jack Edwards
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/11/1917
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Serjeant
R/2474
King's Royal Rifle Corps
11th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Panel 9.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Mary's Parish Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Frederick George and Frances Elizabeth (nee ODLIN) EDWARDS.
His parents married 20 July 1893 at St Helen’s, Thorney, Notts.
Leslie was born 1894 in Lincoln, and baptised 22 July 1894 at St Peter’s, Saxelby, Lincs. He resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 6 he lived in Thurleston, Warks, with his parents and one sibling. On the 1911 Census, at school aged 16, he lived in Berkhamsted, Herts, with his parents and one sibling.
Recorded
as born in Lincoln and was living in Watford when he enlisted in Middlesborough.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Middlesbrough, Yorks, and was formerly Gunner 76438 Machine Gun Corps. He was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 21 July 1915, and was presumed died of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
Unfortunately, Leslie’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
