Edge, Edwin
Regiment: Imperial Yeomanry, The 32nd (Lancashire) Company 2nd Battalion
Rank: Private
Service No: 9044
Boer War service: 14 Apr 1900 to 17 Jun 1901
Date of enlistment: 14 Mar 1900
Date of discharge: 16 Sept 1902
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: He enlisted into 32 Company (2nd Lancashire Hussars) Imperial Yeomanry having previously served with 2nd Battalion (Volunteers) King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Edwin was also listed as a P.O.W. and was released at Zeekoegat on 7 Apr 1901
Born: 27 October 1878 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 14 January 1879 in St. Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury.
Family: He was one of six children born to Edwin and Ellen Edge (nee Bliss). He married Sarah Ann Boaz in 1913 and they had one daughter, Clara, together.
Residence: In 1881 he was living at Colley’s Buildings, Shrewsbury with his parents and siblings. By 1891 the family had moved to 6 Highgate, Whitchurch. By 1901 Edwin was serving in South Africa.
Employment: He was a clockmaker at Joyces Clocks, having been apprenticed for seven years, when he enlisted.
Death: In 1915 in Whitchurch and was buried on 7 December the same year in Whitchurch cemetery. Edwin’s age at death was given as 34 which was three years less than his date of birth would suggest.
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