Joseph EDMUNDS

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

Joseph EDMUNDS

Private 24662 Joseph EDMUNDS of 9th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers, (Formerly 25325 Manchester Regiment)

Killed in Action Thursday 16th August 1917,France , age 25

Of: 54 St. Oswald's Grove, Collyhurst, Manchester

Born: 1892, Manchester, Lancashire

Parents: Mary Ann Edmunds and James Edmunds of 25 Churnett Street, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire

Marital status: Married to May Edmunds (née Ridgway) of 54 St. Oswald's Grove, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire

Occupation: Soap Works Labourer

He enlisted in: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire

Remembered on: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 54 to 60 and 163A

Link with Hyde: Not Known

Notes:

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.

Of:	54 St. Oswald's Grove, Collyhurst, Manchester
Born:	1892, Manchester, Lancashire
Parents:	Mary Ann Edmunds and James Edmunds of 25 Churnett Street, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire
Marital status:	Married to May Edmunds (née Ridgway) of 54 St. Oswald's Grove, Collyhurst, Manchester, Lancashire
Occupation:	Soap Works Labourer
He enlisted in:	Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Remembered on:	Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Panel 54 to 60 and 163A
Link with Hyde:	Not Known