Private Edward Dagley

Army Number: 92004 formerly 37226 Leicestershire Regiment

Battalion: 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Leicester. Son of Hiram and Elizabeth Dagley, of 81 Highcross Street, Leicester. Husband of Edith Dagley, of 120 Grange Lane, Leicester. He was a shoe hand prior to enlisting at Leicester. He was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Private Edward Dagley is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Nicholas Church War Memorial, Leicester.