STAFF SERG. F. L. EDWARDS
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Born: Q4 1888 Bridgnorth RD Francis Leonard Edwards [GRO]
1911 census: 13 Bridge Street, Bridgnorth: 	William, head, m, 56, Saddler, own account, Much Wenlock
						Fanny, wife, 56, m 35 yrs 9/6/3, Upton-on-Severn
						Edith A, daur, 26, single, Stamper in Carpet factory, Manchester
						Frank L, son, 21, single, Saddler's assistant, Bridgnorth. 
						Horace  W T, son, single, Carpenter's Apprentice, Bridgnorth.
						Lillian J, dau, single, 16, Threader in Carpet Factory. Bridgnorth.



EDWARDS, FRANCIS LEONARD
Rank: Staff Serjeant 
Service No: TS/4991 
Date of Death: 29/10/1918
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Army Service Corps 17th Div. Train.
Grave Reference II. A. 1.
Cemetery SELRIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAY
Additional Information: Son of William and Fanny Edwards, of 6, Listley St., Bridgnorth, Salop.

Historical Information
Montay was reached in the Pursuit to the Selle on the 10th October 1918; and on the 28th and 29th the cemetery was made by the 33rd Division and given the name of Selridge from its position above the river valley. It contained originally 60 graves, dating from the 10th October to the 1st November, the majority belonged to the 6th or 12th Lancashire Fusiliers or the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. After the Armistice a further 87 graves were added. 86 of these came from:-
NEUVILLY BRITISH CEMETERY No.2 (No. 1 was concentrated into Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery), which was made by the 17th Division on the 1st November 1918. It contained the graves of 86 soldiers from the United Kingdom (of whom 55 belonged to Yorkshire Service Battalions) and 49 German prisoners. It was a little East of the village of Neuvilly, beside the road to Montay.
The Glasgow Highlanders (9th H.L.I.), eleven of whose men are buried in the cemetery, erected a wooden memorial in it to their dead of the 12th October.
There are now nearly 150, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified.
The Cemetery covers an area of 565 square metres and is enclosed by a low rubble wall.

Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about Frank Leonard Edwards
Name:	Frank Leonard Edwards
Birth Place:	Bridgnorth, Salop
Residence:	Birmingham
Death Date:	29 Oct 1918
Death Location:	Egypt
Enlistment Location:	Lowestoft
Rank:	Saddler-Sergeant
Regiment:	Royal Army Service Corps
Number:	TS/4991
Type of Casualty:	Died of wounds
Theatre of War:	Egyptian Theatre

[Probate]
EDWARDS Francis Leonard of 6 Listley-street Bridgnorth
Shropshire staff-sergeant saddler Royal Army Service
corps died 29 October 1918 in France Administration (with
Will) Shrewsbury 14 October to Fanny Edwards (wife of
William Edwards). Effects £208 6s.

BJ: 7 Dec 1918: Killed in action. Staff Sgt Frank Leonard Edwards, husband of Mrs F L Edwards of 31 Severn Street. Son of Mrs Edwards of 6 Listley Street.

Military Record Exists. Specially enlisted Saddler. 5/- per day. Next of Kin, Mother, Fanny Edwards, 6 Listley St. Enlisted  Lowestoft 18 Nov, 1914. 
Say he died in France with 17th Div ASC. Died of wounds received in action. 5/3/18 married Ethel Morgan of 195 High St Selly Oak. Birmingham.
Died of wounds Enemy bomb. Letter of recommendation and good wishes from Hockenhull Bros. Collar & harness Makers, 176 Chester Road, Manchester. On enlisment was already serving with Shropshire Yeomanry but was given permission to transfer.
[Medal Card] EDWARDS Frank L: ASC Dvr (A/Sad/Sjt) TS/4991 ASC S Sjt TS/4991 V&B&15 Theatre 1 13/7/15.