You are here: Home > The Men > Henry Jackson Edkins

Henry Jackson Edkins (1909-1945)

Soldier
Service No:7925541
Rank:Corporal
Squadron:B
Role:Tank Commander
Service:Joined 23H from the Gloucester Yeomanry
KIA:30 Mar 1945
Burial:Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 61. H. 17. [Grave]
Commemorated:23H Memorial, Bridlington Priory [Panel]
Mentioned in:
23H Story
Page 273
Press
Staffordshire Advertiser, 21 Apr 1945
Civilian
Occupation:Commercial Representative (Messrs. Barker and Dobson, Liverpool)
Residence:2 Woodlark Road, Cambridge (1939, 45)
Birth:registered Sep 1909 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Marriage: to Marion Annie Smith registered Jun 1936 in Blean, Kent
Children:1 daughter
Parents
Edward Jackson EdkinsEdith Annie Hall
Grocer's Manager.
Orchard Road, Bromsgrove (1911),
32 Newport Road, Stafford (1939, 45).
Birth 22 Sep 1878 in Alcester, Warwickshire.
Baptism 5 Mar 1879 in Alcester.
Death 2 Nov 1945 at Staffordshire General Hospital.
Birth 12 Nov 1876 in Wordsley, Staffordshire.
Death 9 May 1955 at The General Infirmary, Stafford.
Marriage 1900 in Stourbridge, Worcestershire.

Notes

Henry was killed along with all the other members of his tank crew. They were: