Tuesday 11 May 2010

2322 Rfm Edward Charles Wise, 18th Bn, London Regt

2322 Rifleman Edward Charles Wise of the 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles) The London Regiment, was killed in action on the 11th May 1916. He was living in South Kensington and enlisted at Chelsea in late August or early September 1916.

The Commonwealth war Graves Commission notes that Edward was 21 years old, the son of Mr. F Wise of 50 Ifield Road, Fulham Road,West Brompton, London. He is buried in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in Souchez.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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