Private Edmund Robert Waghorn
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Waghorn,
Edmund Robert
Date of birth: 1876-04-08
Place of birth: London England
Next of kin: Grace Waghorn, sister. 1 Haversham Road, Plumstead, Kent, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Painter
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1915-06-17
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vimy Memorial, N/A
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 63115
Highest Rank:
Private
(3rd Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-05-03 to 1915-06-17
- Private (Army). 1915-04-13 to 1915-05-03
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded May 23, 1915 at Festubert, KIA at Mount Sorrel
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1576902
LAC ID:
60310
Service file: B1002-S037
Uploader's Notes:
AKA Charles Bradshaw; served as Bradshaw. Son of Charles William Waghorn and Mary Ann Waghorn (nee Fenwick)
Date of Birth declared on Attestation papers was April 8, 1876 but birth and baptism records confirm the correct Date of Birth was April 8, 1872
Bradshaw was left behind in hospital in Halifax when his battalion sailed for England on February 23, 1915, and he caught up with them at Shorncliffe Camp in England
Uploader's Research notes: 23rd Battalion Nominal Roll as Charles Bradshaw [Private Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-10-02