Private John Edge

Army Number : 202520

1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys ) Regiment

Battalion : 1st 7th June 1917, age 23.

Son of Elizabeth. Brother of Mrs. M. A. Booth, of 22, Monk Street, North Bay, Ontario, Canada.He was a farm laborer at Hollinghurst Farm, New Mills, Derbyshire prior to enlisting 16th December 1915 at Buxton, Derbyshire. he was posted 2/6th 7th June 1917, age 23. 20th May 1917 and went to France 24th May 1917 posted 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys ) Regiment and was killed in action 31st July 1917, age 36. in the attack at Bellewaarde Lake.

Died :

Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41.