Lance Sergeant 16039 Edward COLLEDGE, MM

Lance Sergeant 16039 Edward Colledge, MM{gallery}L/Sgt E Colledge{/gallery}9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Arras, France and Flanders, 3rd May 1917, aged 27

• Buried: Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave VII.E.19
  
• Awarded: Military Medal, 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Edward and Mary Ann Colledge
  
• Husband of Hannah Colledge [nee Morris]. Married 26 Dec 1912
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI – Other Regiments | Vicarage Street School
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Sgt Colledge
• Wancourt British Cemetery
• Leicestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1890 at Nuneaton
• Attended Vicarage Street School
  
• Lived at 72 Regent Street, Nuneaton [1911]
• Lived at 77a Coton Road, Nuneaton [1914]
  
• Employed as a railway engine cleaner [1911]
• Employed as an engineer labourer [1914]
  
• Enlisted 16 Nov 1914 at Nuneaton