DaveC Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April Seeking information on Pte C N Edwards No. 2733. Gassed December 1915. Any help most Welcome. Kindest Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 1 April Admin Share Posted 1 April There’s a medal index card for Norman Edwards #2733 West Riding Regiment and #311671 RGA (TF) Is that your man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April (edited) Private 2733 Duke of Wellingtons 4th West Riding then Gunner 311671 RGA (TF) H.A.C. Norman Edwards aka Charles Norman Edwards to France 15-4-15 Edited 1 April by chaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April looks like the claim for pension was rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 1 April Author Share Posted 1 April Hi everybody yes that's the man i'm interested in any more information on him would me most welcome address, year of enlistment, hospitals he may have attended Kindest Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 1 April Admin Share Posted 1 April Without a service record, which I don’t know if you have looked for, the hospitals might be asking too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April unfortunately Dave, records would have been lost as we all know. the only possibility being finding his nearest mate that has a close number and seeing if he has papers still. His initial regiment was the West Riding foot sloggers, then transferred to the Artillery where he qualified for his medals, no record of gassing and too early for a daily list entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April from the longlongtrail 1/4th West Riding Duke of Wellingtons August 1914 : in Halifax. Part of 2nd West Riding Brigade, West Riding Division. Moved on mobilisation to coastal defences near Hull and Grimsby. Moved on 5 November 1914 to billets in Doncaster. 14 April 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 15 May 1915 : formation became 147th Brigade in 49th (West Riding) Division. his MIC shows to France 15-4-15 so would have been on the first boat over to Boulogne. So allowing for training, work back from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April E M Smith 2732 went over the previous day 14th stayed with the regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 1 April Author Share Posted 1 April Hi everybody He was gassed inthe attack on the 19th December 1915, a newspaper reports him as being wounded (gas) no other information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 1 April Admin Share Posted 1 April With all respect Dave, it would be good if can tell us all you know about these two men you are asking about. Drip feeding little bits of information really isn’t helpful. Have you looked at the 1/4 war diaries for the attack on 19th December, what attack, where etc? Newspaper reports aren’t ways that reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April Albert Edward Adams was no 106224 a pre war soldier joined the 4th previously joined up in 1908 so could your man have been a pre war soldier? just looking for available service records to fill in. Was the attack on the 19th or reported on 19th? the newspaper would only have been fed reports by the army once cleared from censors. Its possible, that as he was awarded medals with the Artillery, he may not have been with the 1/4th when gassed but the Artillery. need to find a date he was transferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casques of WW1 Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April According to the westernfrontassociation.com, there was indeed a gas attack on the West Riders on the date given above in December 1915, and the newspapers did get a hold of this despite heavy censoring from British leaders. It is highly plausible that this man you seek, according to the website above, was involved in a phosgene gas attack in an area northwards of Ypres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April doing a quick census check for charles norman edwards or norman charles edwards only produces one of each. inserting a DOB of 1895+-10 years. one born 1903 Hull would have been too young for 1915 , the other born 1899 Glamorgan but he was 97440 RGA then RAF 321158 do you have a newspaper name or area to clear options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 1 April Share Posted 1 April 10 minutes ago, Casques of WW1 said: According to the westernfrontassociation.com, there was indeed a gas attack on the West Riders on the date given above in December 1915, and the newspapers did get a hold of this despite heavy censoring from British leaders. It is highly plausible that this man you seek, according to the website above, was involved in a phosgene gas attack in an area northwards of Ypres back to my previous..... he could have been in the artillery by December 15 as his medals rolls all confirm HAC or RGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 2 April Author Share Posted 2 April (edited) Hi everybody the only information i had on C. N. Edwards was an entry in the 4th Bn old comrades association meetings, minutes which mentioned that he had fallen on hard times and that he had been gassed on the 19th Dec 1915 when I checked my records he his mentioned on the 1/4th casualty list has wounded (gas) it only gave Pte C N Edwards 2783 that is all the information I had on him. Kindest and Warmest Regards DaveC Edited 2 April by DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 2 April Author Share Posted 2 April (edited) Chaz The casualty list in which his name appeared was in the local paper the Halifax evening courier which I only have hard copies of. Kindest regards DaveC Edited 2 April by DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 2 April Share Posted 2 April Dave, unfortunately being a first half casualty he does not appear in the digitised second half lists, A shame, as this could have given a residence town and which regiment reported him as wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 2 April Author Share Posted 2 April Thank you all for your valuable help. Kindest Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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