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Surname: EDWARDS
Forename(s): Harri Willis
Place of Birth: Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire
Service No: ---
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: East Lancashire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1917-04-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 6 C.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harri Willis Edwards (born 30 May 1876) was the son of Harri and Marie Edwards, née Willis. Harri, senior, was born at Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Ireland and Marie at Whitby, Yorkshire.
1881 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 40, Carr Road - Harri W. Edwards, aged 4 years, born Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire, son of Harri and Marie Edwards.
1891 Nelson, Lancashire Census: St. Mary's Vicarage - Harri Willis Edwards, aged 14 years, born Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire, son of Harri and Marie Edwrds.
1901 Nelson, Lancashire Census: 68, Carr Road - Harriwillis [sic] Edwards, aged 24 years, born Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire. [Harri and his brother, Douglas G. Edwards, were boarding with Sarah A. Watson, widow.]
Harri was married firstly to Gertrude Louise Bedingfeld in 1905 and secondly to Ada Cranswick in 1910.
1911 Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire Census: Manor Hill - Harri Willis Edwards, aged 34 years, born Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire, husband of Ada Edwards.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Sgt H.W. Edwards, 18/85 & 2/Lt East Lancashire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (3) Egypt. Date of entry therein: 22 December 1915. Correspondence: Mrs. A. Greenwood (née Edwards) applies for 1914-15 Star on behalf of her stepson in respect of her late husband Lt H.W. Edwards. Address: The Old Hall, Oxenhope, Keighley, York[s].
Harri is commemorated in the 'Service Roll of Martins Bank'.
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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2nd Lieutenant Harri Willis EDWARDS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: East Lancashire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
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