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Edgar's from England and Scotland

Lost in the First World War

 

Archie Edgar

No: S/9258

Rank: Private

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Edgar, 10 Bellfield St., Gallowgate, Glasgow

Died 27th November 1919, age 25

Grave F. 674 Glasgow (Riddrie Park) Cemetery, Scotland

 

Alexander Edgar

No: S/10384

Rank: Private

8th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Died 25th September 1915

Panel 78 to 83, Loos Memorial, France

 

A. Edgar

No: 8482

Rank: Sergeant

King's Own Scottish Borderers

Died 15th March 1917

Grave D.21 Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Scotland

 

Andrew Edgar MC (Military Cross)

No: 10885

Rank: Sergeant Major

6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edgar, 26 Promenade, Portobello, Edinburgh

Died 7th July 1916, age 22

Pier and Face 4 A and 4 D Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Allan Edgar

No: 18/662

Rank: Sergeant

C Company, 18th (Pioneer) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

Son of John and the late Ann Edgar, of Walker-on-Tyne;

Husband of Ann Edgar, of 165, Carville Rd., Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Died 1st September 1916, age 24

Grave B.8 Peake Wood Cemetery, Fricourt, The Somme, France

 

Adam Edgar

No: M2/020700

Rank: Private

1st Auxiliary Bus Coy, Royal Army Service Corps

Son of Walter and Elizabeth Edgar, of Edinburgh

Husband of Agnes Burn Edgar, of Peel's Buildings, Davidson's Mains, Midlothian

Died 19th March 1919, age 33

Grave III. D. 7. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany

 

Alfred Edgar

No: 16081

Rank: Private

13th Battalion Royal Scots

Son of James Edgar, 5, Market Place, Forfar, Scotland

Died 26th January 1916, age 21

Panel 10 to 13. Loos Memorial, France

 

Alexander Edgar

No: S/4871

Rank: Sergeant

9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

Son of John and Maggie Edgar, 37, Dean St., Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland

Died 24th March 1918, age 26

Panel 72 and 73 Pozieres Memorial, France

 

Alexander Edgar

No: 12250

Rank: Corporal

2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

Son of Adam and Sarah Ann Edgar, of Orchard House, Stratford Rd., Hockley Heath, Birmingham, England

Died 16th June 1915, age 25

Panel 17 and 18 Le Touret Memorial, France

 

Alfred Edgar

Rank: Lieutenant

H.M.S. Monmouth, Royal Navy

Died 1st November 1914

Plymouth Naval Memorial, England

 

A. C. Edgar

No: 76140

Rank: Gunner

“O” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

Died 27th October 1917

Grave III. E. 33. Canada Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

 

A. E. Edgar

No: Tyneside Z/4228

Rank: Able Seaman

Nelson Battalion Royal Navy Division

Died 6th December 1915

Grave B. 5. Skew Bridge Cemetery, Turkey

   

Rifleman Archibald Montague Edgar, Menin Gate, Ypres

Archibald Montague Edgar

No: Z/59

Rank: Rifleman

4th Battalion Rifle Brigade

Died 8th March 1915

Panel 46 - 48 and 50 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

 

Alexander Stoddart Edgar

No: 156801

Rank: Air Mechanic 2nd Class

5th Training Squadron Royal Air Force

Eldest son of Agnes S. Edgar, 37 East Princes St., Rothesay, and the late William Edgar

Died: 11th August 1919, age 19

Grave L. 680 Rothesay Cemetery, Scotland

 

Arthur S. Edgar

No: 4975

Rank: Lance Corporal

18th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

Died: 20th July 1916

Grave XV. M. 8 Ovillers Military Cemetery, The Somme, France

   

L/Cpl Alfred Stephen Edgar, Thiepval Memorial

Alfred Stephen Edgar

No: 34008

Rank: Lance Corporal

7th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment

Died 18th November 1916

Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

A.Y.S. Edgar

No: Tyneside Z/8432

Rank: Able Seaman

Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division

Died 25th June 1918

Grave A. 49. Denain Communal Cemetery, France

 

Benjamin Edgar (False name, true family name Ettinger)

No:  16822

Rank: Private

Died 28th March 1918

Arras War Cemetery Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Bernard Roy Edgar

Rank: Second Lieutenant

23rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Son of Albert Edward and Rosina Edgar, 10 Trelawney Rd., Cotham, Bristol

Died 31st July 1917, age 20

Enclosure No.4 IV. G. 17. Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

 

C. Edgar

No: 150842

Rank: Lance Corporal

Scottish Horse Regiment

Son of William and Ellen Edgar, 76 Queensberry St., Dumfries

Died 19th October 1918, age 22

Grave M. 9. Dumfries (St Michael’s) Cemetery, Scotland

 

C. V. Edgar

No: 171

Rank: Sergeant

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Died 12th August 1916

Screen Wall. E. 28537 Birmingham (Yardley) Cemetery, Wawickshire, England

 

Donald Edgar

No: S/20354

Rank: Private

5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

Died: 14th October 1916

Pier and Face 15 B. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

David Irving Edgar

No: 24748

Rank: Private

11th Battalion Border Regiment

Died 18th November 1916

Pier and Face 6 A and 7 C Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

David William Edgar

No: 7178

Rank: Private

10th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Husband of Minnie Edgar of Higham-on-the Hill, Hinckley, Leicestershire

Died 21st July 1919, age 30

Higham-on-the Hill, St Peters Churchyard

 

E. Edgar

No: 265766

Rank: Private

7th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regiment

Died 31st July 1917

Grave B. 7. Wieltje Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

 

Elizabeth Edgar

Rank: Staff Nurse

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

Died 26th February 1918

Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England

 

Rifleman Ernest Edgar, Arras Memorial

Ernest Edgar

No: 375864

Rank: Rifleman

1st/8th Battalions London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Son of Charles and Alice Ann Edgar, 46 Bellingham Rd., Catford, London

Died 25th March 1918, age 33

Bay 10. Arras War Cemetery Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Ernest Edgar

No: 65346

Rank: Private

5th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Died 12th September 1918

Panel 8. Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France

 

Edward George Edgar

No: 22372

Rank: Sergeant

62nd Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Son of William John and Elizabeth Jane Edgar, 30 Shortridge Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne

Died: 1st August 1918, age 26

Grave I. F. 7. Boyelles Communal Cemetery, The Somme, France

 

Fergus Edgar MM (Military Medal)

No: 267197

Rank: Private

1st/6th Northumberland Fusiliers

Died: 27th March 1918

Panel 16 to 18 Pozieres Memorial, France

 

Frank Maxwell Edgar

No: 1551

Rank: Sergeant

1st/10th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regiment

Son of John Dixon Edgar and Henrietta Edgar, of Liverpool

Husband of Ida May Edgar, of Liverpool

Died: 9th August 1916, age 27

Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

F. W. Edgar

No: 160092

Rank: Stoker 1st Class

H.M.S. Pembroke, Royal Navy

Died: 27th December 1918

Grave E. 3499 Southend-On-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery, England

 

George Edgar

No: 2212

Rank: Private

7th Battalion Royal Scots

Died: 28th June 1915

Panel 26 to 30 Helles Memorial, Turkey

 

G. Edgar

No: 2212

Rank: Private

6th Yorkshire Regiment

Son of Henry and Rose Ann Edgar, 12 Langley Terrace, Burnhope Colliery, Durham

Died: 1st December 1915

Grave I. H. 4. Hill 10 Cemetery, Turkey

 

George Edgar

No: 7386

Rank: Corporal

7th London Regiment, Secondary Regiment: Labour Corp

Son of Mr. C. Edgar, 64 Elmdene Rd., Plumstead

Died: 28th June 1915

Grave F. 178 Woolwich Cemetery, London, England

 

George Geoffrey Edgar

Rank: Lieutenant

9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

Son of Owen and Jane Edgar, 38 Hyde Park Gate, London

Died: 28th August 1916, age 23

Grave: Officers, A. 6. 3. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France

 

H. Edgar

No: 4738

Rank: Private

2nd/19th Battalion London Regiment

Died: 11th August 1916

Grave III. D. 12 Ecoivres Miltary Cemetery, Mont-St Eloi, France

 

Henry George Heath Edgar

No: 49360

Rank: Private

6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

Son of Henry William and Eliza Jane Edgar, 94 Woodhouse Rd., Leytonstone, London

Died: 19th September 1918, age 18

Panel 7 Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France

 

Harold John Martin Edgar

Rank: Lieutenant

Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division

Son of the late John and Mary Edgar

Died: 11th May 1915, age 34

Panel 8 to 15 Helles Memorial, Turkey

 

J. Edgar

No: 241025

Rank: Private

1st/5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers

Son of Robert Edgar, of Greenhill, Ringford, Kirkcudbrightshire

Died: 11th May 1917, age 26

Grave: A. 47. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

 

J. Edgar

No: 333026

Rank: Corporal

9th (Glasgow) Highland Light Infantry

Son of David and Hannah Edgar, of Newfield, Caerlaveroch, Dumfries

Died: 17th March 1918, age 22

Grave I. D. 45 Potijze Chateau Grounds Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

 

J. Edgar

No: 19601

Rank: Private

Yorkshire Regiment

Husband of Elizabeth J. Edgar, of 5 Bridge Row, New Herrington

Died: 1st January 1917, age 27

Grave: Herrington (St. Cuthbert) Churchyard, England

 

J. Edgar

No: 28089

Rank: Private

7th/8th Battalions King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of James and Marion Edgar, 502 Calder St., Glasgow

Died: 31st July 1917, age 24

Grave I. A. 32 Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

 

James Edgar

No: 13668

Rank: Private

12th Battalion Royal Scots

Son of Richard Edgar, 3 Tennent St., Glasgow

Died: 12th October 1917, age 19

Panel 11 to 14 and 162 Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

 

James Edgar

No: 350068

Rank: Sergeant

9th Battalion Royal Scots

Son of Walter and Margaret Edgar, 9 Crichton St., Edinburgh

Died: 23rd April 1917, age 25

Grave: I. B. 14. Level Crossing Cemetery Frampoux, France

   

Pte James Edgar, Arras Memorial

James Edgar

No: 40545

Rank: Private

2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers

Died: 23rd April 1917

Bay 5 Arras War Cemetery Memorial, The Somme, France

 

James Edgar

No: Clyde Z/1310

Rank: Blacksmith’s Mate

HMS Queen Mary, Royal Navy

Son of Thomas and Esther Edgar, 1 Carnegie Gardens, Port Glasgow 

Native of Dornock, Dumfriesshire

Died: 31st May 1916

24. Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England

 

James Edgar

No: 241597

Rank: Private

1st/5th Battalions King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of Andrew O. and Margaret A. Edgar, of Red Hall, Ayton, Berwickshire

Died: 24th November 1917, age 25

Grave C. 8. Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel

 

John Edgar MM (Military Medal)

No: S/17562

Rank: Lance Corporal

1st/6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders

Son of William and Agnes Edgar, of Glenedge, Polmont, Stirlingshire.

Native of East Linton, Prestonkirk, East Lothian

Died: 25th October 1918, age 20

Grave: A. 3. Maing Communal Cemetery Extension, France

 

John Edgar

No: 173424

Rank: Gunner

150th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

Son of the Rev. W. S. Edgar and Mrs. Edgar, 14 Lorne Terrace, Maryhill, Glasgow Born at Dumbarton.

Died: 28th June 1917

Grave: XIX. D. 11. Loos British Cemetery, France

 

John Edgar

No: 636418

Rank: Gunner

"C" Battery 256th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, formerly 1st (City of Edinburgh) Battery. 1st (Lowland) Brigade

Son of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Edgar, 82 Bonaly Rd., Edinburgh

Died: 18th April 1917, age 20

Grave: II. B. 4. Anzin-St. Aubin British Cemetery, France

 

John Edgar

No: 30430

Rank: Private

7th/8th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of the late John Edgar and of Janet Edgar, 1 Kerwyn Terrace, Academy St., Dumfries, Scotland

Died: 1st August 1918, age 20

Soissons Memorial, France

 

Pte John Edgar, Tyne Cot Memorial

John Edgar

No: 211178

Rank: Private

15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Died: 5th October 1917

Panel 128 to 131 and 162 and 162A. Tyne Cot Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

 

John Edgar

No: 16770

Rank: Private

10th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Died: 25th September 1915

Panel 57 to 59. Loos Memorial, France

 

John Edgar

No: 26247

Rank: Private

15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

Died: 29th August 1918

Panel 9 and 10. Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France

 

Joseph Edgar

No: 133699

Rank: Lance Bombardier

"D" Battery 276th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

Son of John and Sarah Edgar

Husband of Annie Edgar, 67 Ontario Avenue, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Died: 28th October 1918, age 29

Grave: V. F. 10. Estaires Communal Cemetery, France

 

Joseph Edgar

No: 6794

Rank: Private

1st/4th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Died: 12th July 1915

Panel 84 to 92 or 220 to 222. Helles Memorial, Turkey

 

Joseph Edgar

No: 23021

Rank: Private

13th Battalion Royal Scots

Died: 11th May 1916

Panel 10 to 13. Loos Memorial, France

 

Pte John Bell Edgar, Ploegsteert Memorial

John Bell Edgar

No: 3175

Rank: Private

1st/13th (Kensington) Battalions London Regiment

Son of James Bell Edgar and Barbara Bell Edgar, 19 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh

A Civil Servant

Died: 9th May 111915, age 21

Panel 10. Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

 

John Gillion Edgar

No: 40379

Rank: Corporal

1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Died: 29th October 1916

Pier and Face 4 D. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

J. G. Edgar

No: 1940

Rank: Corporal

5th Battalion Border Regiment

Died: 12th June 1916

Grave: II. B. 177. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), France

 

John George Edgar

No: J/34780

Rank: Telegraphist

H.M.S. Peony, Royal Navy

Died: 12th July 1918

29. Chatham Naval Memorial, England

 

J. H. Edgar

Rank: Lieutenant

9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Died: 24th February 1916

Grave: I. M. 27. Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ypres, Belgium

 

John J. Edgar

No: 191250

Rank: Private

19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Died: 3rd September 1916

Bay 8. Arras Memorial, The Somme, France

   

Capt John Maxwell Edgar, Arras Memorial

 

John Maxwell Edgar

Rank: Captain

4th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment

Son of John and Margaret Miller Edgar, 48 Whirlowdale Rd., Sheffield. 

A Schoolmaster; M.A. (Hons), Edinburgh University. 

Sheffield O.T.C. Gazetted March 1915

Died: 22nd March 1918, age 30

Bay 6. Arras Memorial, The Somme, France

 

John Thomas Edgar

No: 79

Rank: Sergeant

7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment

Son of the late James and Hannah Edgar

Husband of Isabella Ellen Edgar, 40 Deal Rd., Tooting Junction, London

Previously served 23 Years in the Hampshire Regt.

Died: 24th August 1914, age 41

Grave: H. 3. 8990. Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, London, England

 

Pte John W. Edgar, Thiepval Memorial

John W. Edgar

No: 2862

Rank: Private

1st/9th Battalions Durham Light Infantry

Died: 16th September 1916

Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

John William Edgar

No: SS/116402

Rank: Stoker 2nd Class

H.M.S. Grafton, Royal Navy

Foster son of Mrs. A. M. Hunter, 51 Station Rd., Easington Colliery, Co Durham

Died: 12th August 1915, age 19

8 Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England

 

Cpl Kenneth Vincent Edgar, Menin Gate Memorial

Kenneth Vincent Edgar

No: 201616

Rank: Corporal

1st/4th The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Son of T. V. and Margaret Edgar, 139 Waterloo Rd., Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire

Died: 31st August 1917, age 21

Panel 41 and 43. Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium

 

Leslie Edgar

No: SS/4956

Rank: Ordinary Seaman

H.M.S. Bulwark, Royal Navy

Son of William and Mary Edgar, 55 Ross Hill Terrace, Brighton

Died: 26th November 1914, age 23

3 Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England

 

L. A. Edgar

No: 26401

Rank: Corporal

1st Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died: 25th September 1915

Grave: D. 19B. Cambrin Military Cemetery, France

 

Leslie William Edgar

No: 41980

Rank: Corporal

7th Royal Berkshire Regiment

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edgar

Husband of M. L. Edgar, 151 Sumach St., Toronto, Canada

Native of England

Died: 12th October 1918, age 27

Grave: VI. G. 34. Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece

 

M. G. Edgar

No: 3258

Rank: Private

10th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

Died: 20th April 1920

Grave: Woodchurch (Holy Cross) Churchyard, Birkenhead, England

 

Marcus George Edgar

No: 315098

Rank: Private

13th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Son of Peter and Theresa Edgar, 164 Kelvinhaugh St., Glasgow

Died: 11th April 1917, age 34

Grave: VII. E. 10. Struma Military Cemetery, Greece

 

Peter Edgar

No: S/8373

Rank: Private

1st Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Died: 17th August 1916

Pier and Face 10 A. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Peter Edgar

No: 46583

Rank: Private

21st (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers

Son of James and Margaret Edgar, of Maxwelltown

Died: 8th June 1917, age 21

Grave: IV. F. 45. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France

 

P. Edgar

No: 210637

Rank: Private

Labour Corps

Died: 5th January 1919

Grave: 2. H. 3. Tow Law Cemetery, Durham, England

 

Pte Robert Edgar, Thiepval Memorial

Robert Edgar

No: 11356

Rank: Private

1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Died: 1st July 1916

Pier and Face 4 A and 4 D. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Robert Edgar

No: 11356

Rank: Private

6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Died: 3rd May 1917

Bay 6. Arras Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Robert Edgar

No: S/13600

Rank: Lance Corporal

7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

Son of Robert Edgar, of Greenhill, Ringford, Kirkcudbrightshire

Died: 9th April 1917, age 22

Bay 9. Arras Memorial, The Somme, France

 

R. Edgar

No: 5/24139

Rank: Private

7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

Son of Robert Edgar, of Church St., Inverness

Husband of Elizabeth Ann Fraser Beattie (formerly Edgar), of Inchberry Lodge, Lentran, Inverness-shire

Born at Hawick

Died: 17th October 1917, age 28

Grave I. D. 25. Feuchy British Cemetery, France

 

Robert Edgar

No: 1076

Rank: Private

7th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Brother of John Edgar, 9 Union Place, Montrose

Died: 28th June 1915

Panel 92 to 97. Helles Memorial, Turkey

 

Robert Edgar

No: 250982

Rank: Private

1st/6th Battalions Durham Light Infantry

Son of Robert and Martha Edgar, 5 Orchard St., Birtley, Co. Durham

Died: 14th April 1917, age 23

Bay 8. Arras Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Robert Edgar

Rank: Greaser

M.F.A. Ermine, Mercantile Marine Reserve

Son of Robert and Helen Edgar, of Londonderry

Husband of Sarah J. Edgar, 87 Hozier St., Partick, Glasgow

Died: 2nd August 1917, age 51

25. Plymouth Naval Memorial, England

 

Robert Edgar

No: 23349

Rank: Gunner

D Battery, 107th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Died: 21st March 1918

Grave: VIII. F. 13. Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France

 

Robert Edgar

No: 8108

Rank: Corporal

33rd Division, Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Field Artillery

Husband of Rhoda Jane Edgar, 42 Carlton Row, Brighton

Died: 19th December 1918, age 42

Grave: V. F. 3. Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, The Somme

 

Reginald Edgar

No: TR/3/15026

Rank: Private

51st Battalion, Training Reserve

Son of George and Katherine Edgar, 17 Willow Grove, Formby

Died: 30th October 1919, age 20

Grave: 569. Formby (St. Peter) Churchyard, Lancashire, England

 

Reginald Edgar

No: Deal/3617(S)

Rank: Private

Royal Marines Medical Unit, Royal Navy

Son of Amos and Isabel Edgar, 114 Rye Hill, Newcastle-on-Tyne

Died: 30th December 1917, age 22

Grave: I. D. 14. Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, France

 

R. Edgar

No: 100596

Rank: Private

28th General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps

Husband of Sarah Agnes Edgar, 22 Grasslot, Maryport, Cumberland

Died: 21st November 1918, age 35

Grave: 870. Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece

 

Robert Francis Edgar

No: 1647

Rank: Lance Corporal

1st/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

Son of Mrs. Eliza Edgar

Husband of Elizabeth Rigby (formerly Edgar)

Died: 6th June 1915, age 28

Panel 58 to 72 or 218 to 219 Helles Memorial, Turkey

 

Robert Gerald Edgar

Rank: Captain

1st/6th Battalion Manchester Regiment

Son of Robert Ashburn Edgar and Emma Edgar, of Cefny Mynach, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Colwyn Bay

Died: 4th June 1915, age 30

Grave: A. 49. Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Turkey

 

R. P. Edgar

No: 29529

Rank: Driver

1st Division Ammunition Company, Royal Field Artillery

Died: 13th October 1918

Memorial: Screen Wall. M. 20732. Islington Cemetery and Crematorium

 

Robert Symington Edgar

No: 106210

Rank: Gunner

200th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

Son of Samuel and Margaret Edgar, of Glencairn, Dumfriesshire

Husband of Jessie Edgar, 9 Hungerford Avenue, Crewe

Died: 3rd October 1918, age 28

Grave: III. K. 11. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, The Somme, France

 

R. S. Edgar

No: 2668

Rank: Private

2nd Battalion, Royal Scots

Son of George Edgar, 66 Coburg St., Leith, Edinburgh

Died: 19th January 1915, age 22

Grave: A. 10. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium

 

Surrey Edgar

Rank: Second Lieutenant

7th Battalion, London Regiment

Died; 7th October 1916

Pier and Face 9 D 9 C 13 C and 12 C Thiepval Memorial, The Somme

 

Samuel Thompson Edgar

No: 4278

Rank: Private

1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

Husband of Priscilla Edgar, 5 Nelson St, Ferryhill, Co. Durham

Died: 29th October 1914, age 33

Panel 11. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

 

Samuel Wesley Edgar

No: 197687

Rank: Lance Bombardier

B Battery 72nd Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Husband of Eva Maud Edgar, 94 Petherton Rd., Canonbury, London

Also served in the South African Campaign

Died: 16th October 1918, age 38

Grave: I. G. 25. Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beugny, France

 

Thomas Edgar

No: 7887

Rank: Lance Corporal

2nd/3rd Battalions Seaforth Highlanders

Son of Thomas and Helen Edgar, of Stockbridge, Edinburgh

Husband of Catherine Edgar, 2 Dalgety St., Edinburgh

Died: 21st April 1915, age 44

Grave: I. A. 127. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France

 

Thomas Edgar

No: 3799

Rank: Private

1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

Son of Thomas and Florence Edgar, 14 Baggrave St., Leicester

Died: 21st May 1915, age 18

Grave: III. C. 19. Estaires Communal Cemetery, France

 

Thomas Edgar

No: 18211

Rank: Private

1st Battalion Essex Regiment

Son of Thomas and Harriet Edgar, of Mount Rd., Theydon Garnon, Epping, Essex

Died: 30th November 1917, age 23

Panel 7 and 8. Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France

 

Thomas Edgar

No: 6700

Rank: Serjeant Major

1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders

Died: 22nd December 1914

Panel 41 and 42. Le Touret Memorial, France

 

Thomas Edgar

No: S/27001

Rank: Private

6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders

Died: 11th April 1917

Bay 9. Arras War Cemetery Memorial, The Somme, France

 

T. Edgar

No: 72921

Rank: Private

14th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Husband of Mrs. Edgar, 13 Monk St., Gateshead

Died: 21st January 1918, age 20

Grave: I. C. 14. Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, France

 

Thomas Edgar

No: 12270

Rank: Private

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

Son of Agnes Edgar, 61 Ayton St., Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the late Edward Edgar

Died: 20th March 1919, age 25

Grave: III. D. 12. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany

 

T. Edgar

No: 305074

Rank: Private

1st/8th Battalions Lancashire Fusiliers

Died: 26th November 1918

Grave: I. B. 8. St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons, Belgium

 

Thomas Edgar

No: 1441

Rank: Private

5th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of Charles and Margaret Edgar, 3 Kirkorren St., Milldamhead, Dumfries

Died: 25th December 1915, age 21

Grave: J. 37. Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey

 

Thomas Edgar

No: 36769

Rank: Private

2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Died: 27th December 1917

Panel 8. Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France

 

Theodore Edgar

No: 63742

Rank: Private

9th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Son of Mrs. Hannah Jane Edgar, 17 Hawthorn Terrace, Derwent Cottages, Medomsley, Co. Durham

Died: 23rd October 1918, age 22

Grave: C. 17. Amerval Communal Cemetery Extension, Solesmes, France

 

Thomas James Edgar

No: 292566

Rank: Private

1st/7th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Son of Thomas Edgar, 175 North St., Charing Cross, Glasgow

Died: 28th August 1918

Grave: IV. E. 12. Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France

 

Thomas McTaggart Edgar

No: 133376

Rank: Private

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Youngest son of William and Annie Edgar

Died: 18th November 1918, age 19

Grave: O. 2683. Ayr Cemetery, Scotland

 

Thomas William Edgar

No: 9656

Rank: Private

9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Son of the late Thomas Edgar

Died: 19th April 1916, age 28

Panel 9. Basra Memorial, Iraq

 

Victor Collin Edgar

No: 42619

Rank: Private

2nd Battalion Essex Regiment

Son of the late Angelo and Nellie Jean Edgar

Died: 20th April 1918, age 19

Panel 85 to 87. Loos Memorial, France

 

Pte William Edgar, Tyne Cot Memorial

William Edgar

No: 3471

Rank: Private

16th Battalion Highland Light Infantry

Son of William Edgar, 11 Wallace St., Paisley

Husband of Agnes Edgar, 46 Hilltown, Dundee

Died: 2nd December 1917, age 38

Panel 131 to 132. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

 

W. Edgar

No: 23/138

Rank: Private

19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Son of William and Georgina Edgar

Husband of Jemima Taylor (formerly Edgar), 41 Grosvenor St., Gateshead

Born at Gateshead

Died: 22nd April 1918, age 27

Grave: I. D. 15. Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, The Somme, France

 

William Edgar

No: 200405

Rank: Private

5th/6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Died: 8th May 1918

Panel 68 to 70 and 162 and 162A. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

 

William Edgar

No: 12245

Rank: Private

6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Died: 25th September 1915

53 to 56 Loos Memorial, France

 

William Edgar

No: 20/1034

Rank: Private

20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers

Died: 1st July 1916

Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme

 

William Edgar

No: 16774

Rank: Lance Corporal

18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

Died: 26th March 1918

Panel 32 to 34. Pozieres Memorial, The Somme, France

 

Walter Edgar

No: 25283

Rank: Lance Corporal

2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of Walter and Margaret Innes Edgar, of Glasgow

Died: 26th April 1917, age 37

Grave: IV. C. 29. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

 

Walter Edgar

No: 41786

Rank: Private

1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

Died: 9th October 1917, age 36

Panel 54 to 60 and 163A Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

 

W. Edgar

No: 495519 (transferred to 474585)

Rank: Private

13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment

Secondary regiment 34th Company Labour Corps

Died: 29th October 1918

Grave: I. E. 12. Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, The Somme, France

 

W. Edgar

No: G/7258

Rank: Private

8th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment

Son of William Edgar, 22 Carstair St., Bridgeton, Glasgow

Husband of the late Susan Edgar, 15 McDougall St., Parkhead, Glasgow

Died: 23rd December 1915, age 42

Grave: I. A. 24. Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, France

 

William Edgar

Rank: Bellboy

S.S. Ausonia (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine

Son of Mary Eleanor Edgar (nee Thompson), 8 Mulgrave St., Liverpool, and the late John Edgar

Died: 30th May 1918, age 16

Tower Hill Memorial, London, England

 

William Edgar

Rank: Able Seaman

S.S. Dingle (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine

Died: 20th February 1916

Tower Hill Memorial, London, England

 

W. Edgar

No: 21809

Rank: Private

17th Battalion Royal Scots

Died: 9th June 1916

Grave: II. D. 19. Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France

 

W. Edgar

No: 23293

Rank: Gunner

106th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

Son of William and Agnes Edgar, 31 Kilbowie Gardens, Clydebank, Glasgow

Born at Liberton, Midlothian

Died: 4th November 1918, age 27

Grave: II. A. 10. Cambrai East Military Cemetery, France

 

William Edgar

No: 206932

C Battery, 256th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Son of Matthew and Catherine Edgar

A native of Glasgow

Died: 12th October 1917, age 20

Grave: X. F. 9. Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

 

William Edgar

No: 20/1034

Rank: Private

20th (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers

Died: 1st July 1916

Pier and Face 10 B 11 B and 12 B. Thiepval Memorial, The Somme

 

W. F. Edgar

No: R/28630

Rank: Rifleman

7th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Died: 16th April 1918

Grave: II. B. 6. Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany

 

William Henry Edgar

Rank: 2nd Class Waiter

S.S. Lusitania (Liverpool) Mercantile Marine

Son of Jesse and Dinah Edgar, 27 Virginia St., Southport, Lancashire

Died: 7th May 1915, age 21

Tower Hill Memorial, London, England

 

Pte William J. Edgar, Menin Gate

William J. Edgar

No: S/7528

Rank: Private

1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders

Son of William and Margaret Edgar, of Wiston Mains, Lamington, Lanarkshire

Died: 14th December 1914, age 23

Panel 38. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

 

William Ogle Waite Edgar

No: 45775

Rank: Private

4th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

Son of Andrew Ogle Edgar and Margaret A. Edgar, of Red Hall, Ayton, Berwickshire

Died: 18th July 1918, age 19

Grave: A. U. 184. Berwick-Upon-Tweed Cemetery, Northumberland

 

William Robert Edgar

No: PO/15517

Royal Marine Light Infantry

Brother of M McNeill of 133,Lathom Road, East Ham

Died: 28th April 1919, age 30

Brookwood, 1914-1918 Memorial, Surrey, England