Category: Military
Rank: Gunner
Regiment or Ship: Royal Field Artillery
Service Number(s): 226527
Occupation: Solicitor's Clerk
Date of Birth: 28.04.1885
Place of Birth: Hove, Sussex
Date of Death: 1972
Place of Death: Yeovil, Somerset
Address: 2 Devonshire Road, Bexhill on Sea
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Family Information
Parents: Peter, born 1861, and Lottie, born 1857, Haines
Edgar married Frances Louisa Matthew, born 1884, on 12th September 1906. They had one child, Kenneth Edgar (1912-1985).
First World War Experience
Edgar enlisted on 31st March 1917 when he was nearly 32 years of age. He had previously served with the 1st Middlesex Regiment
No definite record of Edgar’s medals can be found.