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Name:\u00a0<\/strong>Henry Frederick Edgecumbe Edwardes Henry was one of five children born to Edgecumbe Ferguson Edwardes and his wife Emily Yair nee Dobson. \u00a0All the Edwardes family had the name Edgecumbe as one of their Christian names even the girls! The family moved around constantly so have been difficult to trace. Henry and one sister were born in Kent. His other three siblings were born at Windlesham and Kensington. The family eventually settled at Crediton, Devon. His father was a solicitor, born in India where his father was Physician General for H.M. Bombay Army. Henry\u2019s paternal grandmother, Margueretta Leslie was born \u201cat sea off Malta<\/em>\u201c; her family probably came from Scotland The Dobsons were more settled, having lived in the Selby area of Yorkshire for at least two generations. Emily\u2019s brother was a captain in the army and his wife was born in Quebec.\u00a0 <\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n Henry attended Crediton Grammar School, and followed in his father\u2019s footsteps by attending Cambridge University, although he went to St. John\u2019s College whereas his father had been at Trinity College. He gained his BA in 1900. He then became a languages teacher, firstly at Carlisle Grammar School, then at Coatham School, at a school in Paris,\u00a0at Shrewsbury School, Kimberley Boys High School, South Africa, Wakefield Grammar School and University College School, London.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n Henry enlisted on October 6 1914 in the Royal Fusiliers. He went to France over a year later on November 14 1915 as part of the British Expeditionary Force and was there for four months before returning to England to attend cadet school. He was given his commission as a second lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall\u2019s Light Infantry on July 6 1916. On enlistment he was described as 5ft 11\u2033 tall, weighing 154lb, with brown hair and blue eyes. \u00a0He died in a raid on enemy trenches eight months after receiving his commission, and is buried at Bethune Town Cemetery, France. The raid took 20 minutes and only two men died.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n Royal Fusiliers (Oct 1914 \u2013 July 1916) Duke of Cornwall\u2019s Light Infantry (July 1916- Feb 1917)<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
DoB:\u00a0<\/strong>December 21 1878
Regt:\u00a0<\/strong>Duke of Cornwall\u2019s Light Infantry
DoD:<\/strong>\u00a0Feb 6 1917
Other:\u00a0<\/strong>Our only Teacher!
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