2nd Lieutenant Henry Arthur Edwardes, no Service Number given

2nd Lieutenant Henry Arthur Edwardes, no Service Number given

Royal Flying Corps

Killed 16th February 1918 in a ‘hushed up’ flying accident

Leytonstone (St. Patrick’s) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Essex: Plot A, Row 14, Grave 1378

Youngest son of Mr and Mrs Edwardes, The Brook, Sawston

Travis Teversham writes: Arthur was still at school when war broke out and we are reminded that ‘Those whom the Gods love die young’. Arthur’s brother Captain Eric Edwardes, East Lancashire Regiment, was awarded the Military Cross in 1916.