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Ernest Edwards
1877 - 15/06/1916
Source: Bromley & District Times
Other Memorials: St Mary's Church, Bromley
Place of birth: Bromley, Kent
Last known address in Bromley: 85 Park End
Last known address in Bromley: 85 Park End
Military information
Regiment/Service: Queen's Own Royal West Kent RegimentBattalion/Ship: 10th Bn
Rank: Private
Number: 9418
Family information
Parents: George & Mary Ann Edwards (nee Draper)Parents' occupation: Bricklayer
Siblings: (1) George James (d), Kate (d), Albert, Walter Henry (d), Ellen Sarah, Rose Amy (d), Frederick George (2) May Elizabeth, William James (d)
Census information
1891Address: 14 Weston Grove
1901
Address: 196 Widmore Road
Occupation: Footman
1911
Address: 7 Glebe Road
Occupation: Boarding house keeper
Extra details
Ernest was the fifth of George Edwards' eight children by his first wife Mary Ann. Mary Ann died in 1887 and George married Charlotte Cox (nee Morrish) in 1898, they had two children. In 1901 Ernest married Mary Martha Marshall. Ernest was a keen sportsman and was a scorer for the Early Closers Cricket Club. He was secretary to the Sundridge Park Working Man's Club.
At the time of his enlistment in the Royal West Kents he was employed at Howard's Stores Ltd, grocers and provision merchants on the High Street.
Ernest had only been at the Front two months when he was killed.
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