Edgard Fleet

Remembered with Honour on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

Edgar Fleet.

Personal Details:

Born in Malpas in 1893 (baptised 23rd August 1893.)

Second son of John and Elizabeth Fleet of Church Street, Malpas.

The 1911 Census records Edgar as a postman in Ellesmere, Shropshire.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           7th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry.

Rank:                 Private.

Serial Number:   21235

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Record of Death:

Killed in action in France on 9th April 1917. Aged 23.

Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

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Medals and Awards:

Edgar was awarded the Campaign Medals (British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further Information:

Edgar’s younger brother, died in 1920 from heat stroke after suffering from exhaustion as a result of his service in the Great War.