Edgar George Whitcombe
Memorial: Wapley - St Peter's Church
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 30492
Parents: George and Mary Whitcombe
Marital status: Married
Home address: Codrington, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Date of birth: 1890
Date of death: 01/09/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Loos Memorial (Panel 64 and 65), France
Age: 26
Further information:
Edgar George Whitcombe was born in 1890, to parents George and Mary Whitcombe. Edgar was married to May Evelyn and they lived at Codrington
Edgar George Whitcombe served with the 1st Battalion of the Worcesteshire Regiment as a private. Edgar was killed in action on the 1st September 1916, he was awarded the Victory and British medals
Edgar George Whitcombe is remembered on the Loo Memorial in France and on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now in Yate and District Heritage Centre
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC