Edwin James Hathway
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 290261
Parents: George and Ellen Hathway
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 174 North Street, Bedminster, Bristol. Lived: 272 Stapleton Road, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Tailor's Cutter
Date of birth: 20/11/1891
Place of birth: Oldland, Bristol
Date of death: 03/05/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Gent City Cemetery, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Age: 26
Further information:
Edwin was born at Oldland, the son of a bootmaker and a middle child of ten children with four sisters and five brothers. Edwin married Mabel Plucknett in 1915 and a year later their daughter Eileen was born. Eileen was just 3 years old when Edwin died.
Edwin’s battalion (the 13th, Glosters) mobilised to France in March 1916 and fought in the battles of the Somme and Ypres. They also fought in the Battles of the Lys and it is likely that Edwin was wounded during the Battle of the Scherpenberg (29 April). He was shot in the face and shoulders and was taken to the War Hospital at the Orphans House in Ghent where he died of his wounds on the 3rd May 1918.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Some information supplied by Kingswood Heritage Museum