Private Edwin Benjamin Eales

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1891

Date of Death

11 Jul 1916

War time / or Pre War occupation

Straw hat blocker

Service Number

12902

Place of Birth

Hammersmith
London
United Kingdom

World War I Address

Frederic Street
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

Somme
France

Grave Location

France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier
Pte Edwin Benjamin Eales

 

Pte Edwin Benjamin Eales, 12902, 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action on the Somme on July 11th, 1916. He was aged 24.

Born in Hammersmith, London, in 1891, he was the son of Kate and the late Edwin Eales, who died in Luton in 1902 at the age of 42.

At the time of the 1911 Census Edwin Jnr was a straw hat blocker living at 19 South Road with his widowed mother Kate, who in 1913 married Arthur Atkins in Luton. His mother and stepfather were living at 12 Frederic Street at the time of Pte Eales' death, and later moved to 24 Boyle Street.

Older brother Pte Horace William Eales, 17866, 12th Royal Fusiliers, who enlisted in June 1915, was discharged as medically unfit in September 1916 after spending five months with the British Expeditionary Force in France. He died in June 1918.

Both brothers are commemorated on the Luton Roll of Honour.

Individual Location

Pte Edwin Benjamin Eales

Author: Deejaya

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