Edgar's Story.
Private 201160, Edgar Davies of 7th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry died of pneumonia on 8th May 1918, aged 19.
Edgar was born at Acton, near Stapeley and Nantwich, on 4th December 1898, and baptised on 22nd February 1900 at St Mary's Church, Acton. He was the son of Edgar Davies (1872–1960) and Katherine Faulkner (1868–1934). His father was a farm worker, and the 1901 census shows the family living at Dig Lane, Nantwich. By 1911, their address was Edleston Hall Lane, Nantwich.
Edgar enlisted into the 7th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry in 1915, and was sent to the front in 1917. Invalided home after a serious biut of pneumonia he appeared to recover, but succombed to a chest infection. Edgar died of pneumonia in the Military Hospital in Hoole, near Chester on 8th May 1918. He was nineteen years old. He is buried in Acton Cemetery, near Nantwich.
His brother Joseph Isaac Davies (1896–1917) had been killed in action on 26th September 1917 at the Battle of Polygon Wood, Belgium.
Edgar was born at Acton, near Stapeley and Nantwich, on 4th December 1898, and baptised on 22nd February 1900 at St Mary's Church, Acton. He was the son of Edgar Davies (1872–1960) and Katherine Faulkner (1868–1934). His father was a farm worker, and the 1901 census shows the family living at Dig Lane, Nantwich. By 1911, their address was Edleston Hall Lane, Nantwich.
Edgar enlisted into the 7th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry in 1915, and was sent to the front in 1917. Invalided home after a serious biut of pneumonia he appeared to recover, but succombed to a chest infection. Edgar died of pneumonia in the Military Hospital in Hoole, near Chester on 8th May 1918. He was nineteen years old. He is buried in Acton Cemetery, near Nantwich.
His brother Joseph Isaac Davies (1896–1917) had been killed in action on 26th September 1917 at the Battle of Polygon Wood, Belgium.