Name
Edward Augustus Kime
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
14/03/1917
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
39356
Royal Garrison Artillery
21st Trench Mortar Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
XI. A. 3.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Letchworth Town Memorial,
Not on the Hitchin memorials*1
Pre War
Born Spalding, Lincs., son of Thomas William and Emma Kime. Lived at 4 Ridge Road, Letchworth, Herts
Wartime Service
Arrived in France 26/12/1915. " Z" 1st Trench Mortar Battery. Shell buried entire detachment, suffocation.
Additional Information
Edward is also commemorated on a family headstone in Hitchin Cemetery. His part of the inscription reads:
ALSO OF
EDWARD AUGUSTUS KIME
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
MARCHED 14TH 1917 AGED 27 YEARS.
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
MARCHED 14TH 1917 AGED 27 YEARS.
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN
AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
Acknowledgments
Dan Hill, Janet Capstick, Jonty Wild
