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Surname: STOREY
Forename(s): Edwin
Place of Birth: Sedbergh, Yorkshire
Service No: 27034
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: South Wales Borderers
Battalion / Unit: 4th (Service) Battalion
Division: 13th (Western) Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1916-07-31
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 16 and 62.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SEDBERGH, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edwin Storey was the son of John and Sarah Storey, née Sargeant. John was born at Sedbergh, Yorkshire and Sarah at Cark, Lancashire. Sarah died in 1897. John then married Eliza Jane Kendall in 1898.
1901 Sedbergh, Yorkshire Census: King's Arms Yard - Edwin Storey, aged 5 years, born Sedbergh, son of John and [stepson of] Eliza J. Storey.
1911 Killington, Westmorland Census: Low Hall Beck - Edwin Storey, aged 15 years, born Sedbergh, Yorkshire. [Edwin was employed by William Armitstead, Farmer.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Edwin Storey, 27034, South Wales Borderers.
A short biography of Edwin is included in: ‘Sedbergh and District 1914-1918 – But who shall return the children?’ Compiled by Sedbergh and District History Society. Edited by Diane Elphick (2016).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Edwin STOREY
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: South Wales Borderers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 13th (Western) Division
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The Sedbergh men who gave their lives
Centre panel - Top row (l-r): Corporal John Charles Leighton, Private Edwin Storey, Private Miles Capstick, Pioneer Fred Teesdale Bushby. Second row (l-r): Sergeant Harry Lyddington Mason, Gunner George Armstrong Thompson, Private Harold Hardy Pearson, Private Noel Bennett. Third row (l-r): Private Albert Brookes, Private John Giles Stainton, Private Henry James Clemmet, L/Corporal Thomas William Clemmet. Fourth row (l-r): Private Thomas Leighton Hall, Private Joseph Charles Bateman
Three-panel oil-painting, courtesy of the artist, David Hartnup
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