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Pte. Henry Edwards
British Army 20th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:56 Rosamund Street, Salford, Lancashire
Henry Edwards was the grandad I never met. My father used to talk of him with great affection. Henry joined up in August 1915 to E Company, 20th Lancashire Fusiliers (4th Salford Pals), Embarked for France in Jan 1916,and saw action at Peronne, The Somme, Arras, Bullecourt, Messines, Ypres, Passchendale, Cambrai and Haverincourt Wood, where he was gassed.
He did return to his Battalion and was with them until they were disbanded in Feb 1918. Here his Army life gets a bit confused for me as on one website it shows that he was transferred to the Labour Corps and on another he joined the 104th Brigade Machine Gun Company.
He returned from France in early 1919. He married my grandmother and raised a family. Henry died in 1945 and is buried in Agecroft Cemetery in Salford. A true Salford Pal through and through. God Bless you Grandad, and Thank you to all your Pals.
