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My mother is a Doggett (almost 92 and still with us). In 1929, at the age of 4, she was taken to the deathbed of Edgar's mother, Ann Doggett, her great-grandmother, in Moston, Manchester, According to family legend, when Henry Doggett died in 1899, his widow Ann walked with all the children (about 1...

It appears to have taken more than two months for news of his death to reach England: Manchester Evening News - 26 May 1917 LATEST CASUALTIES - VERY HEAVY LOCAL LOSSES - FALLEN FIGHTERS Lce-Corpl. EDGAR DOGGETT Black Watch, King-street, Moston, killed. (With photograph) and in the death notices - DO...