Sidearm Posted 25 September , 2017 Share Posted 25 September , 2017 21 hours ago, sleeper said: Sleeper, Thank you for posting this. I am sorry if our discussion has proved upsetting to you. Best Wishes Gwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeper Posted 25 September , 2017 Share Posted 25 September , 2017 (edited) Thank you I'm just glad after several years of searching what happened a hundred years ago, this pretty much is the final jig saw piece. Only 19 a very Brave young man. A trip.to Cambrai this year is planned to pay my respects. A bit of back ground to this story. My grandfather was named after Edward with exactly the same name. His father was one of 8 brothers including Edward with at least 5 served. During/ after WW2 the family fell apart and only a trip up the Barrow in Furness Cenotaph brought this soldiers name to our attention. The local paper cuttings from 1917 state that Agnes his mother was informed Edward was missing believed captured. However a week later Edward was confirmed K.I.A from some of the crew that had escaped. Edited 26 September , 2017 by sleeper information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 26 September , 2017 Share Posted 26 September , 2017 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeper Posted 3 November , 2018 Share Posted 3 November , 2018 After a lot of searching I have out of the blue received Edwards Medals from a distant relative who wished me to be Custodian. Just weeks before Armistice 100 years later. Also another picture of Edward has come to light, Edward I have realised must of joined up at 15 so a boy soldier. R.I.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidearm Posted 4 November , 2018 Share Posted 4 November , 2018 Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 4 November , 2018 Share Posted 4 November , 2018 The link I posted in #25 about the tanks at Cambrai no longer works, the film can be found here... https://www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de/video/583347 regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleeper Posted 2 June , 2020 Share Posted 2 June , 2020 Hi don't know if anybody has seen these pics. Seemingly they are for sale. The dead crewman looks like the crew around F27 in another pic. Anybody confirm my thoughts? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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