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Private Edward Alfred Colchester Piper

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Private Edward Alfred Colchester Piper Veteran

Birth
Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England
Death
11 Oct 1918 (aged 22)
France
Burial
Rieux-en-Cambresis, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France GPS-Latitude: 50.209588, Longitude: 3.345392
Plot
I. D. 10.
Memorial ID
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Service No: F/964
Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiments, 13th Bn. and 17th Bn.
Service began 3-3-1915., (two enlistments); 2nd at age 19 years, 18 days, 33 Rock Ave., Fulham, London
Died of wounds 11-10-1918.
Medals Awarded: 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Regiment 7964: Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, Football Battalion
Married 24 Aug 1914, at Register Office Chelsea.
Edward Alfred Piper, Head
Gertrude Scenette Harley, Spouse
Edward Stephen Maynard Colchester Piper, Child born 19 July 1915 Fulham
Gertrude Louisa Piper, Child born 18 Mar 1918 Fulham; further entries state she died 1 Feb 1919, age 10 months of pneumonia.
Source: The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Soldiers' Documents, First World War Wo363.

Dispatch belongings to spouse, Mrs. Gertrude Piper, 16 Bulow Road, Brigleys Lane, Fulham S.W. 6. Effects sent to next of kin 18.6.1919. Post marked Hanwell 20 Ju 1919 W. She was awarded a pension of 20/5 for herself and one child in effect 5.5.1919.

Note: 9 Apr 2021 unable to find Find A Grave sites for his wife and children.
Service No: F/964
Regiment/Service: Middlesex Regiments, 13th Bn. and 17th Bn.
Service began 3-3-1915., (two enlistments); 2nd at age 19 years, 18 days, 33 Rock Ave., Fulham, London
Died of wounds 11-10-1918.
Medals Awarded: 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal and Victory Medal.

Regiment 7964: Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex) Regiment, Football Battalion
Married 24 Aug 1914, at Register Office Chelsea.
Edward Alfred Piper, Head
Gertrude Scenette Harley, Spouse
Edward Stephen Maynard Colchester Piper, Child born 19 July 1915 Fulham
Gertrude Louisa Piper, Child born 18 Mar 1918 Fulham; further entries state she died 1 Feb 1919, age 10 months of pneumonia.
Source: The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Soldiers' Documents, First World War Wo363.

Dispatch belongings to spouse, Mrs. Gertrude Piper, 16 Bulow Road, Brigleys Lane, Fulham S.W. 6. Effects sent to next of kin 18.6.1919. Post marked Hanwell 20 Ju 1919 W. She was awarded a pension of 20/5 for herself and one child in effect 5.5.1919.

Note: 9 Apr 2021 unable to find Find A Grave sites for his wife and children.

Inscription

ICH DIEN
ALBUHERA
MIDDLESEX REGT

F/964 PRIVATE
E. A. PIPER
MIDDLESEX REGIMENT
11TH OCTOBER 1918


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