JOHN AND PETER EDWARDS, two brave brothers

Peter Edwards was born in Earlestown in June 1887 he was the son of John Edwards of Mold in North Wales (the same village as the father of his cousin John Peters) and Martha Ann Edwards formerly Stokes (sister of Mary Peters. The family moved to Westleigh in Leigh, Lancashire and on the 1901 census Peter is working above the pit as a bunkerman and whilst I have no record for the 1911 though prior to his enlisting in the army he was employed at Pretoria Pit. Peter died at the Battle of Loos on the 25th September 1915 and is named on the Loos Memorial. Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: Peter Edwards S/7914, "B" Coy. 8th Bn., Gordon Highlanders who died age 28 on 25th September 1915 Son of Martha Ann Edwards, of 6, Holt St., Leigh, Lancs, and the late John Edwards John Edwards his brother was born in Leigh, Lancs in 1893 and prior to enlisting in the army was employed as a collier in the mines of Fletcher, Burrows and co. Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name: John Edwards Birth Place: Leigh, Lancs Residence: Leigh, Lancs Death Date: 3 Jul 1916 Death Location: France & Flanders Enlistment Location: Atherton, Lancs Rank: Private Battalion: 1st Battalion Regiment: King's Own Scottish Borderers Number: 19993 Type of Casualty: Died of wounds Theatre of War: Western European Theatre Cemetery GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION This is the article that appeared in the local newspaper on the death of John. Thank you both Peter and John for your sacrifice. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU