Able Seaman Z/555 Edwin John PROBERT

Able Seaman Z/555 Edwin John Probert{gallery}AB E J Probert{/gallery}Hawke Battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Killed in action near Grevillers, Hundred Days Offensive, France and Flanders, 25th August 1918 aged 20

• Commemorated: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Panel 1 and 2
  
• Awarded: Not yet established
• Son of William and Lilian Probert
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments | Stockingford | Stockingford Council School

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Able Seaman Probert
• Vis-en-Artois Memorial
• Royal Naval Division

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born 10 Dec 1897 at Blaby, Leics
• Attended Stockingford Council School
  
• Lived at 15 Westbury Road, Stockingford [1911]
  
• Employed as a newspaper boy [1911]
• Enlisted 19 May 1916 and drafted to the BEF on 14 Mar 1917. Joined Hawke Battalion on 7 Apr 1917
• Wounded and Invalided home 15 Oct 1917. Rejoined the battalion 26 Mar 1918