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South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Captain Edgar Henry FROST - 9th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps


Died on Wednesday, September 8th, 1920 aged 25

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Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Wellesbourne (St. Peter) Churchyard 
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
14 Jul 1917 ~ Wellesbourne | Warwick School
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place EnlistedOther Military Information
Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 4 Oct 1915 at Colchester Sep 1909 - Warwick School OTC
    3 Nov 1915 - Commissioned to 2nd Lt
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units 9 Nov 1919 - "Demobbed" and left the Army
Wellesbourne 12th Battalion Royal Warwickshire  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Edgar died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at home in Wellesbourne

  • On 10 Sep 1920 the Stratford Herald reported that he "died of disease contracted during four years active service in France".

  • On 17 Sep 1920 the Warwick Advertiser reported that "His Machine Gun Company was attached to the Irish Division and from the Somme to Passchendaele they were continually engaged. At the latter place he was wounded and had severe trench fever and afterwards was Acting Captain of a Company at the Base until the Armistice, when he went with the Army of the Rhine, with the Lowland Division."

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBapitsm Date/Place
18 Oct 1894 at Churt, Surrey 9 Dec 1894 at St. John's, Churt
   
Parents NamesAbode
Edward Henry and Annie Frost Wellesbourne
   
SchoolsColleges
Wellesbourne C of E School and Warwick School  
   
Address HistoryEmployment History
1894 - School House, Churt, Surrey 1898 to 1914 - Scholar
1895 - School House, Wellesbourne 1914 - Bank Clerk at Lloyds Bank
1901 - School House, Wellesbourne  
1911 - School House, Wellesbourne  
1920 - School House, Wellesbourne  
   
  • Edgar's father, Edward, was the Headmaster at Wellesbourne School