Private James Andrew Edwards
Ruyton Remembers
Private James Andrew Edwards (10265)
1st Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Born 1894, in Melling, Liverpool.
Son of Thomas and Agnes
Brother to Florence, Mabel, Percy, Agnes, Winifred, Janet and Marion
His Father was a Head Teacher and he was a Railway Clerk
He was Killed in Action on 22nd April 1918 age 24
Killed in the Battalion’s large scale trench raid near Ypres when based at the Chateau de Trois Tours
Remembered at Ypres – (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium