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Pte. William John Edmundson
British Army 2nd/2nd Btn London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
from:Jarrow
(d.26th Oct 1915)
William John Edmundson Pte, 71018 was Jarrow born and bred, the son of John William and Isabella Edmundson of 127 Albert Road Jarrow and worked as Journeyman Shipbuilding Draughtsman at Messrs. Palmers Shipbuilding & Co. Ltd Jarrow.
The 1911 census shows parents John William Edmundson (47), Painter in Ship Building born in Seaham Harbour and Isobell Edmundson wife (43) born Sheppey Island, Sheerness. Siblings listed as Edith Edmundson daughter (18) born Jarrow, William J. Edmundson (15) Draughtsman in Ship Building born in Jarrow, Wilfred Edmundson (12) scholar
William served with the 2nd/2nd Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) "A" Coy. (formerly 37735 of the 3rd RC Regiment.) William died aged 22 on 26th October 1917 in France or Flanders. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Panel 28 to 30 and 162 to 162A and 163A and also commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph and the triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.