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Name Albert Edward Edwards
Regiment 9th Bn The Loyal North Lancs Reg
Service Rank and Number Private 41320 (Training btn 3902)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial 5.E.8
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Died as a prisoner of war 2nd September 1918
Biographical Details Known The 1911 census puts the family in 83 High St Mold. Albert Edward was an 11 year old schoolboy. The father, John Thomas was a 40 yr old widower and he was a carter as was his eldest son George Noel. There was a three year old daughter Winifred and a servant with the wonderful name of Kitty Twigg.
Albert's war records survive,(accessible on www.ancestry.co.uk) and show that on the 21st December 1918 his father received a letter from Pte John Gardiner from Newcastle upon Tyne telling him that his son had died of general weakness on the 2nd September 1918. He was a prisoner of war in a camp at Crecy were he was buried in the cemetery. His body was later moved to the communal cemetery at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension.
Regiment 9th Bn The Loyal North Lancs Reg
Service Rank and Number Private 41320 (Training btn 3902)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial 5.E.8
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Died as a prisoner of war 2nd September 1918
Biographical Details Known The 1911 census puts the family in 83 High St Mold. Albert Edward was an 11 year old schoolboy. The father, John Thomas was a 40 yr old widower and he was a carter as was his eldest son George Noel. There was a three year old daughter Winifred and a servant with the wonderful name of Kitty Twigg.
Albert's war records survive,(accessible on www.ancestry.co.uk) and show that on the 21st December 1918 his father received a letter from Pte John Gardiner from Newcastle upon Tyne telling him that his son had died of general weakness on the 2nd September 1918. He was a prisoner of war in a camp at Crecy were he was buried in the cemetery. His body was later moved to the communal cemetery at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension.
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