Lieutenant Arthur E. Edwards MiD

Arthur Edgar Edwards was an instrument maker and militia signaller before he enlisted with the 49th Battalion (E.R.). He quickly rose to Signal Sergeant and was wounded at Sanctuary Wood in April 1916. He returned to duty and was later commissioned as a Lieutenant where he again was wounded by a German air raid. He fought at Passchendaele and throughout the Hundred Days, displaying repeated gallantry. Though recommended multiple times for the Military Cross and foreign awards, he was only Mentioned in Dispatches. Edwards served after the war in the militia and passed away in 1940.