Edward George Coombs
Memorial: Hawkesbury Upton
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sapper 2169
Parents: Louisa Coombs
Home address: Hawkesbury Upton, Glos
Date of birth: 1895
Date of death: 08/02/1916
Age: 21
Further information:
Edward served with the 2nd/1st South Midland Company, Royal Engineers. On 8th February 1916, he was Killed in Action by shell-fire while on a working party in the trenches
Prior to enlisting Edward had worked for the family blacksmith business next to the Fox Inn in Hawkesbury Upton, specialising in cycle repairs
Edward Coombs is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Hawkesbury
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Many thanks to the researcher Simon Bendry
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register and Imperial War Museum Lives of the First World War and Forces War Records