Private Edgar Silcox
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1882-06-20
Place of birth: Jhelum Punjab India
Next of kin: James Greer Silcox , Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Date of death:
1915-05-08
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 10
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 51430
Highest Rank:
Private
(Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry)
Rank detail
Private, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Bellewaerde Lake/Frezenberg
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 1595990
LAC ID:
228683
Service file: B8899-S020
Uploader's Notes: Son of Mr. I. G. Silcox, of 36, Lansdowne Rd., Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Educated at Malvern College. Emigrated to Canada in 1904. Original overseas unit 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion. joined the P.P.C.L.I. in the field March 1, 1915.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2007-11-21