Edwin BLADES

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BLADES

Forename(s): Edwin

Place of Birth: Bainbridge, Yorkshire

Service No: 32239

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)

Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion

Division: 6th Division

Age: 34

Date of Death: 1918-10-27

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Special Memorial

CWGC Cemetery: NELSON CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BAINBRIDGE, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Edwin Blades was the son of Jeffrey and Ann Blades, née Johnson. Jeffrey was born at Bainbridge and Ann at Wensley, Yorkshire. Jeffrey was the son of Mary Blades who married John Lawson in 1852.

1891 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 54, Larch Street - Edwin Blades, aged 5 years, born Bainbridge, Yorkshire, son of Jeffrey and Annie Blades.

1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 168, Southfield Street - Edwin Blades, aged 16 years, born Bainbridge, Yorkshire son of Jeffrey and Annie Blades.

Edwin was married to Harriet Lambert in 1908.

1911 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 29, Barkerhouse Road - Edwin Blades, aged 25 years, born Bainbridge, Yorkshire. [Edwin, his wife, Harriot [sic] and their daughter Merriam [sic] were boarding with his aunt, Betty Lawson, who was born at Bainbridge, c. 1855.]

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edwin Blades, 32239, K.S.L.I.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Edwin Blades, 32239, Infantry Base Depot; 5 Shrops. L .I.; 1 Shrops. L. I.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Edwin Blades, 32239, K.S.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 27.10.18. Sidcup [Kent]. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow: Harriet. £23 6s. 2d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Edwin Blades. Date and cause of death: 27.10.18. D. of W. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Harriet, born 8.2.1889. Address: 8, Branch Street, Nelson, Lancs. Children: Miriam Blades, born 3.4.10. Elizabeth Ellen, born 20.9.11. Harriet Ann, born 5.5.13.

Edwin is buried in Great Marsden (St. John) Churchyard, Nelson, Lancashire. (Cemetery reference: X. 47.). See C.W.G.C. Historical Information for Nelson Cemetery.

Edwin is commemorated on Nelson Borough Band Club & Institute War Memorial.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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