Captain Edgar Henry FROST

Captain Edgar Henry FROST - 9th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps

Died on Wednesday, September 8th, 1920 aged 25

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Wellesbourne (St. Peter) Churchyard

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
14 Jul 1917	~	Wellesbourne \| Warwick School

Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other Military Information
Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis	4 Oct 1915 at Colchester	Sep 1909 - Warwick School OTC
		3 Nov 1915 - Commissioned to 2nd Lt
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units	9 Nov 1919 - "Demobbed" and left the Army
Wellesbourne	12th Battalion Royal Warwickshire

Edgar died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at home in Wellesbourne

On 10 Sep 1920 the Stratford Herald reported that he "died of disease contracted during four years active service in France".
On 17 Sep 1920 the Warwick Advertiser reported that "His Machine Gun Company was attached to the Irish Division and from the Somme to Passchendaele they were continually engaged. At the latter place he was wounded and had severe trench fever and afterwards was Acting Captain of a Company at the Base until the Armistice, when he went with the Army of the Rhine, with the Lowland Division."

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Bapitsm Date/Place
18 Oct 1894 at Churt, Surrey	9 Dec 1894 at St. John's, Churt

Parents Names	Abode
Edward Henry and Annie Frost	Wellesbourne

Schools	Colleges
Wellesbourne C of E School and Warwick School

Address History	Employment History
1894 - School House, Churt, Surrey	1898 to 1914 - Scholar
1895 - School House, Wellesbourne	1914 - Bank Clerk at Lloyds Bank
1901 - School House, Wellesbourne
1911 - School House, Wellesbourne
1920 - School House, Wellesbourne