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Marine

Harry Edwards

Service number PLY/X109470
Military unit HMS Enterprise Royal Marine Light Infantry
Address 76, Dame Agnes Street, St Ann's, Nottingham.
Date of birth 15 Jun 1907
Date of death 26 Oct 1945 (38 years old)
Place of birth Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies

He was an errand boy in 1921 and employed as a didstributor in 1939.

Family history

He was the son of Harry and Amelia Edwards and the brother of Leslie, George, Amelia, Mabel and Annie Edwards. In 1921, they lived at 7, Castle Court, Howard Street, Nottingham. Harry Edwards and Matilda Marriott were married at Nottingham in 1927. In 1939, they lived at 76, Dame Agnes Street, St Ann's, Nottingham.

Military history

HMS Enterprise's Role at the Time:

Following the end of the war, HMS Enterprise was converted for "trooping duties" to help repatriate British troops. Throughout October and November 1945, the ship was actively completing troop-carrying voyages to and from Colombo, Sri Lanka via the Suez Canal

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