Name
Edgar Harris
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
21/03/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
16549
Bedfordshire Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CORBIE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Plot I. Row E. Grave 21.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Flamstead Village Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Roll of Honour, Flamstead, St Leonard's Church Roll of Honour, Flamstead
Pre War
Edgar joined the Beds Regiment in September 1914, on the same day as his brother Horace. They went through their training together.
Another brother, Walter, joined the Staffords R.F.A. in May 1915.
Wartime Service
Edgar went out to France in July 1915, still together with Horace.
He was wounded on the 17th of March 1916 and died three days later in a hospital in France. He was 24 years old.
Additional Information
An article in the Hertfordshire Express (date unrecorded) mentions that Mrs Harris is widowed and living at Flint Cottage, Flamstead. It mentions the loss of two of her sons in action, with Walter serving with the Expeditionary Force in France.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Simon Goodwin, Gareth Hughes
