Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Joseph EDMUNDS
Private 24662 Joseph EDMUNDS
9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers,
formerly 25325 Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action, Thursday 16th August 1917, France, age 25
| Home address: | 54 St. Oswald's Grove, Collyhurst, Manchester |
| Born: | 1892, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Parents: | Mary Ann Edmunds and James Edmunds 25 Churnett Street, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Marital status: | Married to May Edmunds (née Ridgway) 54 St. Oswald's Grove, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire |
| Occupation: | Soap Works Labourer |
| Enlisted: | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, panel 56. |
| Link to Hyde: | Not Known |
From the Hyde Reporter 8th September 1917, page 3, column 5:
He was struck by a rifle bullet, and died as they were carrying him down so peacefully that the bearers did not know he was dead until it was pointed out to them,
From the Manchester Evening News, 13th September 1917, page 4, column 4:
Sadly missed by his wife and three little children.