Edward Frank Maggs
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 20590
Parents: Frank Maggs
Pre-war occupation: Market Gardener
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Hambrook, Bristol
Date of death: 21/04/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Basra Memorial (Panel 17), Iraq
Age: 24
Further information:
Edward Frank Maggs was born in 1892 in Hambrook. His father was Frank Maggs. In 1901 he was living in the widow Elizabeth Ford’s house as a visitor. Edward left Hambrook School in July 1904 to work in a market garden
Edward joined the 7th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment as a private
Edward was killed in Mesopotamia in April 1916 at the age of 24. He is remembered on the Basra War Memorial in Iraq. Edward is also remembered on the war memorial in All Saints churchyard in Winterbourne Down and on the Whiteshill War Memorial (Winterbourne Down face) in Hambrook
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Forces War Records and Yate and District Heritage Centre