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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 34898 Edward William GREEN - 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Died of wounds on Friday 18th October 1918 aged 19

Military History
     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Mout Huon Military Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After April 1917 ~ Cubbington  |  Leamington Spa College
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Died of Wounds - Action Not Yet Found March 1917 at Leamington Spa ~
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
47th General Hospital, Le Treport Pte 313985 Warwickshire Yeomanry  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Edward is listed as dying of wounds on 18 Oct 1918 at the 47th General Hospital in Le Treport. We have not yet identified when or where he was wounded but we have found a [Medical] Progress Reported dated 6 Oct 1918 which states that he was in the 47th General Hospital with a Gunshot Wound and that his condition had changed from Seriously Ill to Dangerously Ill. The report can be found below.

He is also mentioned in a Leamington Courier Newspaper Obituary dated 25 Oct 1918.
 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Baptism Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1899 at Cubbington 25 Jun 1899 at Cubbington
   
Parents Names Abode
William Harry and Jane Green Church Hill, Cubbington
   
Schools Colleges
Cubbington Village School Leamington Spa College
   
Address History Employment History
1899 - Cubbington 1911 - School
1901 - High Street, Cubbington 1914 - Trainee Teacher 
1911 - Church Hill Cubbington  
1917 - Church Hill, Cubbington  
   
 

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