Name
William Augustus Spencer Edwards
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/04/1916
41
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Major
North Staffordshire (Prince of Wales’s) Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
AMARA WAR CEMETERY
VI. D. 1.
Iraq
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Plaque in St Helens Church, Isle of Wight
Pre War
Born on 26 Oct 1874 in Abbotsleigh, Freshford, Somerset son of Lt. Col. Spencer Henry Hutchins Edwards and Flora Campbell (Bowie) Edwards. Educated at Haileybury College 1890-92.
Wartime Service
Died on 30 Apr of wounds received at Sanna-I-Yat on 9 Apr 1916.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
