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Pte. Alfred "Cliff" Edwards
British Army 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
(d.9th Nov 1917)
My Uncle Alfred Edwards was born on March 6th 1896 in Ellesmere Port. He was christened Clifford and my mother always referred to him as 'Our Cliff'. Mum said he was a 'devil may care' lad, always joking! He was employed at a local Ironworks factory when the war broke out and was keen to sign up. He went along to the recruitment office only to be told to go home to his mother! Cliff was small in stature but would not give up. He went to Birkenhead to join the Bantams but this time he gave his name as 'Alfred' so as not to be detected. He was accepted this time and remained as Alfred.
Mum said he sent letters home requesting socks and Victory V lozenges and at one time a new mouth organ as the one he owned had worn out. A local comrade of Cliff's, while home on leave, called on the family and said how Cliff kept them all amused with his jokes, entertained with his mouth organ and warm with the lozenges (which his folk sent him by the pound) Mum said nothing was heard from him for some time, then an officer called with the sad news that he had died due to shell gas on November 9th 1917. He is buried in Belgium in Dozinghem Military Cemetery.
