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Lieutenant Gilbert Edwards

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1880-10-01
Place of birth: Zion Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Agnes Edwards (Mother) Zion, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Drover
Occupation (normalized): Other Livestock Workers
Address: Port Hope, Ontario
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death: 1917-09-11
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail

Lieutenant (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed by a minnenwerfer at 1:30 a.m. while in charge of a working party at Lens.
Commemoration location: Book of Remembrance (Ottawa), page 233
Awards

Military Cross
Description: Lt. Gilbert Edwards led a bombing party against the enemy, using flame throwers in a critical position.
Date of award: 1918-03-13
Source: The Leader (Regina) published the list of Canadians awarded the Military Cross that appeared in the London Gazette on March 13th, 1918 (evening edition).

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Gilbert Edwards
Gilbert Edwards

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 466471
LAC ID: 374602
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2839A-S003
Uploader's Notes:

Son of William and Agnes (McKinstree), of Port Hope, Ontario. His birth date is taken from his birth registration, while the attestation papers claim 29 August 1881. (Birth registration & attestation papers)

Previously served 2 years with the 46th Regiment as a Lieutenant.

The Leader (Regina) - March 14th, 1918:

LONDON, March 13.--The particulars of the award of nearly one hundred military crosses to Canadians appear in this evening's Gazette as follows:

Lt. Gilbert Edwards led a bombing party against the enemy, using flame throwers in a critical position.

Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 39th Battalion Military Cross Lt. Gilbert Edwards led a bombing party against the enemy, using flame throwers in a critical position. ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2010-10-15