Private S/17727 Osborne Edgar SUMNER

Private S/17727 Osborne Edgar Sumner{gallery}Pte O E Sumner{/gallery}8th/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
Killed in action in the Third Battle of Ypres, 31st July 1917, aged 26

• Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Thomas and Rosanna Sumner
  
• Husband of Violet Mary Sumner [nee Kinson]. Married 21 Dec 1912 at Tamworth
• NWFHS Memorial: Wilnecote Holy Trinity
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Sumner
• NNWFHS Wilnecote War Memorial Page
• Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
• Gordon Highlanders

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1891 at Small Heath, Birmingham
• Lived at Mill House, Mill Lane, Glascote [1911]
• Lived at 19 Orchard Street, Kettlebrook [1914]
  
• Employed as a driver in a mine [1911]
• Enlisted 5th November 1914 at Birmingham