Private 305663 Tom EDNEY

Private 305663 Tom Edney{gallery}Pte T Edney{/gallery}1st / 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 21st September 1918, aged 29

• Buried: Bellicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave ref IV.F.6 
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Benjamin and Eliza Edney of 11 Tame Valley Terrace, Wilnecote.
• Husband of Lottie Brain Edney [nee Cooper] of Bridge Street, Amington. Married Oct Qtr 1908
• NNWFHS memorial: Glascote and Wilnecote
  

Links to relevant information

• CWGC Page for Private Edney
• NNWFHS Glascote War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Wilnecote Holy Trinity WM Page
• The Sherwood Foresters
• Bellicourt British Cemetery

1911 census and family history information

• Born June 1889, Wilnecote
• Employed as a coal miner / filler
• Lived at Bridge Street, Amington [1911]