South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 21901 Herbert Wilfred EDEN - 10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Killed in Action Wednesday, 10 April 1918 aged 20
 Military History

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle/Other

Battle of Messines (German Spring Defensive)

Place of Death

Wytscaete, Messines

 

Medals

British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

June 1916 at Coventry

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Tyne Cot Memorial

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Chesterton

Other War Memorial(s)

 

Previous Regiments/Units

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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The battalion was on the front line directly north of Messines and in positions and trying to hold a line from Onraet Wood to their north and Earl & Lumm Farms to their south. They came under very heavy shell fire and the enemy was sending out patrols. It appears that Herbert was killed by shell fire.
 
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 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

Apr Qtr 1898 Chesterton

Baptism Date & Place

17 Jul 1898 at Chesterton

Parent

Florence Annie Eden

Grandparents

William & Hannah Eden 

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Occupation(s)

  • Plough Boy

Schools & Colleges

 

Address History

  • 1901 - 1911 - Humblebee Cottages, Chesterton (Grandson)
  • 1918 - Church Cottage, Chesterton

Other Information

Herbert was the illegitimate son of Florence Annie Eden as she is named as the mother on the baptism record
Nephew of William Herbert Eden (Lighthorne WM) who also fell

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