Key Information<\/strong><\/h2>\nName:\u00a0<\/strong>Edgar Marsden Stewardson,<\/p>\nDoB:<\/strong>\u00a0April 13, 1891,<\/p>\nRegt:\u00a0<\/strong>Rifleman\u00a0S\/15955\u00a0Rifle Brigade.<\/p>\nDoD:\u00a0<\/strong>Sept. 18, 1916.<\/p>\nAcademic Career<\/strong>: CGS Jan 1905 \u2013 July, 1906.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\nBiographical Information:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n \n\n \n ![\"stewardson\"](\"https:\/\/www.trinity.cumbria.sch.uk\/warmemorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stewardson.jpg\" "\\"stewardson\\"")
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Edgar was the fourth of eight children born to John Stewardson and Margaret Marsden. In 1911 Edgar was an assistant laundry manager, father John ran the laundry. The family had humble origins: a story from the Ancestry website reveals that John was illegitimate, born to Maria Stewardson whilst in the Union Workhouse in Ulverston. The boy was then adopted by his maternal grandparents and took his mother\u2019s name.<\/p>\n
Edgar\u2019s older sister Amy died in childhood.<\/p>\n
Older brother John and his wife had a second son in 1917 whose middle name was Edgar, probably in memory of his brother, killed the year before.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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The third phase of the Battle of the Somme began on\u00a0September 15 with an advance along a six mile front, Flers, Martinpuich, Courcelette and High Wood were captured although there was a delay at Les Boeufs. Courcelette was actually the first time tanks had ever been employed.<\/p>\n
Edgar is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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11th Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort\u2019s Own). On August 22 1916 this brigade was part of the 20th Light Division commanded by Major General W. Douglas-Smith.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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DoB:<\/strong>\u00a0April 13, 1891,<\/p>\n Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>Rifleman\u00a0S\/15955\u00a0Rifle Brigade.<\/p>\n DoD:\u00a0<\/strong>Sept. 18, 1916.<\/p>\n Academic Career<\/strong>: CGS Jan 1905 \u2013 July, 1906.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n Biographical Information:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n Edgar was the fourth of eight children born to John Stewardson and Margaret Marsden. In 1911 Edgar was an assistant laundry manager, father John ran the laundry. The family had humble origins: a story from the Ancestry website reveals that John was illegitimate, born to Maria Stewardson whilst in the Union Workhouse in Ulverston. The boy was then adopted by his maternal grandparents and took his mother\u2019s name.<\/p>\n Edgar\u2019s older sister Amy died in childhood.<\/p>\n Older brother John and his wife had a second son in 1917 whose middle name was Edgar, probably in memory of his brother, killed the year before.\u00a0<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n \u00a0<\/strong>CGS 1905-6<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n The third phase of the Battle of the Somme began on\u00a0September 15 with an advance along a six mile front, Flers, Martinpuich, Courcelette and High Wood were captured although there was a delay at Les Boeufs. Courcelette was actually the first time tanks had ever been employed.<\/p>\n Edgar is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n 11th Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort\u2019s Own). On August 22 1916 this brigade was part of the 20th Light Division commanded by Major General W. Douglas-Smith.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n \n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n