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Surname: EDMUNDSON
Forename(s): Charles Robert Ewbank
Place of Birth: Masham, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: T/Captain
Regiment / Corps / Service: York and Lancaster Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 8th Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1916-07-01
Awards: M.C.
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VIII. K. 15.
CWGC Cemetery: ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Charles Robert Ewbank Edmundson was the son of Charles Francis Peter and Mary Eleanor Edmundson, née Carter. Charles, senior, was born at Nutwith Cote, Masham and Mary at Masham, Yorkshire.
1901 Masham, Yorkshire Census: Nutwith House - Chas. Robert Ewbank Edmundson, aged 9 years, born Masham, son of Chas. Francis Peter and Mary Eleanor Edmundson.
1911 Masham, Yorkshire Census: Nutwith House - Charles Robert Ewbank Edmundson, aged 19 years, born Masham, son of Charles Francis Peter and Mary Eleanor Edmundson.
Charles was married to Grace Maude Babb in 1915.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Capt Charles Robert Ewbank Edmundson, 8th York and Lancs Regt. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 27.8.15. K. in A. 1.7.16. Correspondence: Mrs. C.F.P. Edmundson (Mother), Nutwith House, 24, Furness Road, Eastbourne.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Capt C.R.E. Edmundson. K. in A. 1.7.16.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Capt C.R.E. Edmundson. 8th Yk. & Lancs. Date and Place of Death: K. in A. 1.7.16. To whom issued/Amount: Father and Executor - Charles Francis Peter Edmundson Esq. £96 19s. 9d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Capt Charles Robert Ewbank Edmundson M.C. York & Lancs. Name(s) on card(s): Widow Mrs Grace. Address: 27, Highercroft Gardens, Golders Green. [No other details given on card.]
In 1921 Grace and her daughter, Grace Elizabeth, born 10 September 1915, who married Frederick Peasants in 1938, were living at 48, Willoughby Road, NW3. In 1939 Grace Maud was living at The Orchard, Wigginton, Hertfordshire.
Charles is commemorated on Masham War Memorial and The Yorkshire Law Society Roll of Honour.
Photograph above is from the Find a Grave website: www.findagrave.com
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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T/Captain Charles Robert Ewbank EDMUNDSON
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: York and Lancaster Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 8th Division
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York Castle Museum, Yorkshire
The Yorkshire Law Society Roll of Honour, 1914-1919
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York Castle Museum, Yorkshire
The Yorkshire Law Society Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 - detail
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25 August 1916
EDMUNDSON – Killed in action, July 1st, Captain Charles Robert Ewbank Edmundson, York and Lancaster Regiment, of Nutwith House, Masham, aged 24 years.
25 August 1916
MASHAM SPORTSMAN KILLED
Captain Charles Robert Ewbank Edmundson, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. P. Edmundson, of Nutwith House, Masham, Yorkshire, who on July 21st was reported wounded, is now announced as killed on July 1st. He leaves a widow and one child. Enlisting in the public School Brigade in September 1914, he received a commission ten days later in the York and Lancaster Regiment, and became captain in July 1915, proceeding to the Front in the following month. His major, who has since been killed, wrote on July 22 last:– “He was a gallant soldier, and nothing I can say can express the admiration we all felt for him. He was in the attack on July 1 and gallantly led his men through a terrible fire, and even when all his men were shot down he continued the attack. He was wounded, I knew, but he would not be one to hesitate until it was beyond his power to go on.”
Captain Edmundson was a keen sportsman and good shot. He was 24 years old.
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