Private James Herbert Edgson

Army Number : 21261

Battalion : 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Keyworth, Nottinghamshire and lived at old Radford, Nottingham. Son of John and Ada Leah May Edgson, of 57, St. Paul’s Street, Old Radford, Nottingham. He was a apprentice machine cutter at John Players Tobacco Factory prior to enlisting at Nottingham. He went to Gallipoli 1st July 1915 and died of wounds, 13th September 1915, aged 24, in Malta.

Buried : Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Plot B. Row 12. Grave 4.

Private James Herbert Edgson is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Peter’s Church War Memorial, Radford, Nottingham.
John Player War Memorial, Horizon Factory, Thane Road, Nottingham.