Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension | C. 10988. | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.126 | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment |
1st Battalion August1914 : at Woolwich. 11 August 1914 : landed at Le Havre as Lines of Communication troops. 22 August 1914 : attached to 19th Infantry Brigade, which was not allocated to a Division but was an independent command at this time. 12 October 1914 : transferred with Brigade to 6th Division. 31 May 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 27th Division. 19 August 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 2nd Division. 25 November 1915 : transferred with Brigade to 33rd Division and battalion transferred to 98th Brigade in same Division. |
| Action : The Final Advance in Picardy |
17 October - 11 November 1918. The final stage of the British advance saw them cross the Selle and the Sambre rivers as the relentless pressure was kept on the retreating Germans. By the 11th November 1918 the British army had returned to Mons, where it all started for them back in August 1914 when it made its first contact with the Germans, and where the war stopped when the Armistice was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Gundulph No. 1050 E.C. | East Kent |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
3rd March 1913 | 9th April 1913 | 5th May 1913 |
Listed as a 30 year-old Baker Confectioner at Rochester at the time of initiation in 1913. Edward's war service is recorded over 5 columns in the contribution record, with the final comment noting that he was "Killed on Active Service Nov 1918."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley