Thomas Ernest Edwards

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772825

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London, Camden, Hampstead

Address at enlistment:

12 Edwin Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

12 Edwin Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX July 17, 1917

Three Veterans

Three returned soldiers arrived back in the city by the T.H. & B. railway at 4.37 yesterday afternoon. The men to return were Private T.E. Edwards, Eagle Avenue, F. Taylor, 177 Bruce Street, and C.H. Miller, 273 Brant Avenue. The heroes were met by a committee composed of Messrs. Fitton, Spence, Thompson and Lane. All the men were in fairly good shape. Taylor is home on furlough, but the other two men will probably be discharged. Taylor’s wife returned from Scotland about a month ago.

BX September 13, 1941

Thomas Ernest Edwards

Thomas Ernest Edwards, 53 Gladstone Avenue, passed away at an early hour this morning at Christie Street Hospital, Toronto, in his fifty-fifth year. Deceased was born in London, England, coming to Brantford 31 years ago. In the last Great War, Mr. Edwards saw active service overseas with the 125th Battalion. For 20 years he was employed as a blacksmith at Massey-Harris Company, Limited. Besides his widow, he leaves to mourn his loss, one son, Harold Edwards, Brantford; one sister, Mrs. M.R. Nabors, Detroit, and an aunt, Miss Alice Edwards, also of this city. Mr. Edwards is resting at the Beckett Funeral Home until Monday afternoon, when the funeral service will take place in Immanuel Baptist Church. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.