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|Army number=4458315
 
|Army number=4458315
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=Born 1919/20.
 
|Age=25
 
|Age=25
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn, Iceland, Discharged as unfit under KRs 1940 Para 390(xvi) 26/10/41DIED 9/5/1945.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably late 1939.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served BEF?  Served IcelandDischarged as unfit under KRs 1940 Para 390(xvi) 26/10/41DIED 9/5/1945.
 
|Promotions=L/Cpl
 
|Promotions=L/Cpl
|Died/Killed in action=09-May-45
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|Died/Killed in action=09-May-45 - cause of death not yet known.
 
|Home address=Son of Ernest and Alice Mary Edden, Walton, Liverpool.  Buried Row F. Grave 83.  Ormskirk (Saints Peter and Paul) Churchyard.
 
|Home address=Son of Ernest and Alice Mary Edden, Walton, Liverpool.  Buried Row F. Grave 83.  Ormskirk (Saints Peter and Paul) Churchyard.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
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|Image Name=Gravestone_EDDEN_John_Henry.jpg
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|Image Title=Headstone in Ormskirk Saints Peter and Paul Churchyard
 
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Pte Edden is omitted from the DLI Roll of Honour and the War Office casualty list.
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Thanks are due to the WW2 Talk Forum on headstones for the image of Pte Edden's grave in Ormskirk.

Latest revision as of 18:17, 2 November 2016

Personnel Entry

Headstone in Ormskirk Saints Peter and Paul Churchyard
Headstone in Ormskirk Saints Peter and Paul Churchyard

Name Edden John Henry
Army number 4458315
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1919/20.
Age 25
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but probably late 1939. Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland. Discharged as unfit under KRs 1940 Para 390(xvi) 26/10/41. DIED 9/5/1945.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions L/Cpl
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 09-May-45 - cause of death not yet known.
Home address Son of Ernest and Alice Mary Edden, Walton, Liverpool. Buried Row F. Grave 83. Ormskirk (Saints Peter and Paul) Churchyard.
Source table 11DLI

Pte Edden is omitted from the DLI Roll of Honour and the War Office casualty list.

Thanks are due to the WW2 Talk Forum on headstones for the image of Pte Edden's grave in Ormskirk.