George Herbert Edkins
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 2:30 pm
Sergeant George Herbert Edkins
1874-18/10/1918
Dob 1874
George Herbert Edkins
Registration Date 1874
Quarter of the Year Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Volume 6d Page 642
Baptism 25/3/1874
George Herbert Edkins
Birth Date 7 Feb 1874
Baptism Date 25 Mar 1874
Baptism Place Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Parish Alcester
Father William Edkins
Mother Ellen Edkins
Parents
William Edkins & Ellen Pardoe
Parents Marriage 15/12/1870 St Batholomew Warwickshire
William Edkins
Gender Male
Age Full Age
Father William Edkins
Ellen Pardoe
GenderFemale
Age Full Age
Father William Pardoe
Marriage Date 15 Dec 1870
Marriage Place Edgbaston, St Bartholomew, Warwickshire, England
Parish as it Appears Edgbaston, St Bartholomew
Father William Pardoe
1891 ??
Marriage 17/9/1893 All Saints Bloxwich
George Herbert Edkins
Gender Male
Age 19
Birth Date1874
Marriage Date 17 Sep 1893
Marriage Place Bloxwich, Stafford, England
Father William Edkins Tailor
Spouse Emma Bentley
Age 19
Birth Date 1874
Bride abode Clarendon St.
Father George Bentley House Painter
Witness 1 Frank BENTLEY
Witness 2 Eliza HACKETT
FHL Film Number 1278869
Reference ID 401
1901 94 Dudley Rd Blakenhall ??
George H Edkins 30 Head Grocer
Martha E Edkins 35 Wife
Emma E Edkins 7 Daug
George H Edkins 5 Son
Thomas W Edkins 1 Son
Emma Hill 19 Servant
Thomas Bentley 30 Visitor House Painter
1911 38 Springhead, Wolverhampton Rd, Sedgley, Nr Dudley, Staffs
George Edkins Married 37 1874 Head
Occupation Grocer shopkeeper Alcester Warwickshire
Martha Emma Edkins 36 Wife 1875 Kickson Staffordshire
Emma Ellen Edkins 17 Daug 1894 Birmingham
George Herbert Edkins 15 Son abt 1896 Assistant Grocer Wolverhampton
Thomas William Edkins 11 Son abt 1900 Wolverhampton
Jack Edkins 9 Son abt 1902 Wolverhampton
WW1 Records
George Herbert EDKINS
Service Number: 300012
Rank: Sergeant
Conflict: WW1
Service: Army
Army Sector: Cavalry
Regiment: Staffordshire Yeomanry
(Queens Own Royal Regiment)
Battalion: 1st/1st Battalion
Former Units: None
Date of Death: 18th October 1918
Age At Death: 46
Place of Burial:
Haifa War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza), Grave B. 15.
Place of Birth: Alcester, Warwickshire
Residence Dudley
Casualty's Relatives:
Son of William and Ellen Edkins; husband of Martha Emma Edkins, 13 Springfield Grove, Sedgley, Dudley, Worcestershire
Dod 18/10/1918
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find- ... -h-edkins/
Burial
Haifa War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza), Grave B. 15.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234 ... -h.-edkins
Commemorated
EDKINS George Herbert Is Named On The
Dudley St John the Evangelist Kates Hill WW1 Memorial
Dudley War Memorial
https://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/cas ... e-herbert/
Any further information
The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Dudley St John the Evangelist Kates Hill WW1 Memorial with the information: Sergeant
Further Information About George Herbert Edkins
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral
1874-18/10/1918
Dob 1874
George Herbert Edkins
Registration Date 1874
Quarter of the Year Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Volume 6d Page 642
Baptism 25/3/1874
George Herbert Edkins
Birth Date 7 Feb 1874
Baptism Date 25 Mar 1874
Baptism Place Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Parish Alcester
Father William Edkins
Mother Ellen Edkins
Parents
William Edkins & Ellen Pardoe
Parents Marriage 15/12/1870 St Batholomew Warwickshire
William Edkins
Gender Male
Age Full Age
Father William Edkins
Ellen Pardoe
GenderFemale
Age Full Age
Father William Pardoe
Marriage Date 15 Dec 1870
Marriage Place Edgbaston, St Bartholomew, Warwickshire, England
Parish as it Appears Edgbaston, St Bartholomew
Father William Pardoe
1891 ??
Marriage 17/9/1893 All Saints Bloxwich
George Herbert Edkins
Gender Male
Age 19
Birth Date1874
Marriage Date 17 Sep 1893
Marriage Place Bloxwich, Stafford, England
Father William Edkins Tailor
Spouse Emma Bentley
Age 19
Birth Date 1874
Bride abode Clarendon St.
Father George Bentley House Painter
Witness 1 Frank BENTLEY
Witness 2 Eliza HACKETT
FHL Film Number 1278869
Reference ID 401
1901 94 Dudley Rd Blakenhall ??
George H Edkins 30 Head Grocer
Martha E Edkins 35 Wife
Emma E Edkins 7 Daug
George H Edkins 5 Son
Thomas W Edkins 1 Son
Emma Hill 19 Servant
Thomas Bentley 30 Visitor House Painter
1911 38 Springhead, Wolverhampton Rd, Sedgley, Nr Dudley, Staffs
George Edkins Married 37 1874 Head
Occupation Grocer shopkeeper Alcester Warwickshire
Martha Emma Edkins 36 Wife 1875 Kickson Staffordshire
Emma Ellen Edkins 17 Daug 1894 Birmingham
George Herbert Edkins 15 Son abt 1896 Assistant Grocer Wolverhampton
Thomas William Edkins 11 Son abt 1900 Wolverhampton
Jack Edkins 9 Son abt 1902 Wolverhampton
WW1 Records
George Herbert EDKINS
Service Number: 300012
Rank: Sergeant
Conflict: WW1
Service: Army
Army Sector: Cavalry
Regiment: Staffordshire Yeomanry
(Queens Own Royal Regiment)
Battalion: 1st/1st Battalion
Former Units: None
Date of Death: 18th October 1918
Age At Death: 46
Place of Burial:
Haifa War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza), Grave B. 15.
Place of Birth: Alcester, Warwickshire
Residence Dudley
Casualty's Relatives:
Son of William and Ellen Edkins; husband of Martha Emma Edkins, 13 Springfield Grove, Sedgley, Dudley, Worcestershire
Dod 18/10/1918
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find- ... -h-edkins/
Burial
Haifa War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza), Grave B. 15.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234 ... -h.-edkins
Commemorated
EDKINS George Herbert Is Named On The
Dudley St John the Evangelist Kates Hill WW1 Memorial
Dudley War Memorial
https://www.rememberthefallen.co.uk/cas ... e-herbert/
Any further information
The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Dudley St John the Evangelist Kates Hill WW1 Memorial with the information: Sergeant
Further Information About George Herbert Edkins
Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral