Son of Mr. J. H. and Mrs. Margaret Edge, of 481, Halliwell Road, Bolton, Lancashire. Killed when a German aeroplane dropped bombs on a clearing hospital.
Edge, Frank –
Personal details
- Surname: Edge
- Forename: Frank
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 22
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 22nd, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Bombardier
- Unit: "C" Battery, 298th Brigade.
- Service number: 710596
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. Paul's (Halliwell) C.E. Church WWI Memorial Plaque - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: The Huts Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: III. D. 10.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 07/09/1917 14/09/1917 07/12/1917 23/08/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 4g 6c* S2* 6f
- Bolton Chronicle: 21/09/1917