Henry Thomas Eddershaw
Henry Eddershaw worked as a general labourer and later as a wood sawyer.
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Henry Thomas Eddershaw was the son of Reuben Eddershaw and Elizabeth Holmes who married at Nottingham in 1879. Their children included: Henry Thomas (b.1881) and Jane (b.1883). Home addresses identified: 8 Campbell Grove, Nottingham [C.1881]; and 39 St Paul’s Street Radford [C.1901 & C.1911]. The family could not be located in the 1891 census. Reuben Eddershaw, who worked variously as a barman [C.1881], general labourer [C.1901] and boiler cleaner [C.1911], died at Nottingham, aged 73 in 1930. His wife, Elizabeth predeceased him, dying at Nottingham, aged 58, in 1913.
In 1907 Henry Thomas Eddershaw married Sarah Elizabeth Swindell (born 24th February 1882 ) at Nottingham. The couple had four children: Alfred Louis (b born 22nd March 1908), George Edward (born 28th May 1909 , Connie (born 7th October 1910) and Ernest Robert (born 27th September 1912).
In 1911 the family lived at 11 Brixton Road, Radford. His widow’s address was 136 Forster Street, Radford [n.e.p.30.4.1918 & CWGC].
Commencing 20th October 1918 his widow was awarded a pension of 33 shillings and 9 pence a week.
His widow never remarried and eventually died in the New Forest area of Hampshire, aged 88, in 1970.
Sapper Eddershaw enlisted in Nottingham he served with the 22nd Filed Company Royal Engineers following training he was drafted to France. During April 1918 the Germans launched Operation georgette, aiming to cut through the British armies and capture the Channel Ports. Spr. Eddershaw was involved in the fighting and was seriously wounded. He was taken to a casualty clearing station at Mendinghem but died 15th April 1918. He was buried at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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Photo of Henry Thomas Eddershaw
Mendingham Military Cemetery, Belgium