Alfred Edwards

Rank: 
Sergeant
Regimental number: 
772648
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 29th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Bourlon Wood Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - II.B.5.
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Buckinghamshire
Birth city: 
Burnham
Address at enlistment: 
71 Charlotte Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
Portslade, Brighton, Sussex, England
Trade or calling: 
Gardener
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
35

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. During an attack while crossing the Douai-Cambrai Road he was hit in the head by an enemy machine gun bullet and instantly killed.

BX November 1, 1918

Sergeant Alfred Edwards Killed in Action

Word has been received by Mr. G. Edwards, 94 West Mill Street, who by the way is not a relative, of the death in action of Sergeant Alfred Edwards, formerly of this city. Sergeant Edwards was killed instantly on September 27. He left Brantford with the 125th Battalion, and was formerly gardener here for Mr. E.L. Cockshutt. His wife at present resides at Bournemouth.