Second son of P.C. Aaron Edge of the Bolton County Borough Police, of 33, Ulleswater Street, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Enlisted January 1917.
Edge, John –
Personal details
- Surname: Edge
- Forename: John
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: October 16th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 29014
- Regiment: East Surrey Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Preston, 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 Municipal Secondary School
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. Paul's (Astley Bridge) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
- CWGC reference: III. A. 12.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 29/11/1918 29/11/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 8c/d* 8h
- Bolton Chronicle: 30/11/1917