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Wilfred Edwards (other)
Wilfred Edwards may refer to: * Wilfred Edwards (VC) Major Wilfred Edwards VC (16 February 1893 – 4 January 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy by British and Commonwealth forces. Edwards was ... (1893–1972), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Wilfred Edwards (swimmer) (1889–1950), British swimmer * Wilfred Norman Edwards (1890–1956), British geologist * Wilf Edwards, English footballer {{Hndis, Edward, Wilfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Edwards (VC)
Major Wilfred Edwards VC (16 February 1893 – 4 January 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy by British and Commonwealth forces. Edwards was born on 16 February 1893. He was 24 years old, and a private in the 7th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, British Army during the First World War, and was awarded the VC for his actions on 16 August 1917 at Langemarck, Belgium: Edwards was commissioned a second lieutenant in December 1917 and was demobilised in June 1919. He re-enlisted in the army when World War II broke out and rose to the rank of major. He died in January 1972. His medals are displayed in the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum, Doncaster, England Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Edwards (swimmer)
Wilfred Edwards may refer to: * Wilfred Edwards (VC) Major Wilfred Edwards VC (16 February 1893 – 4 January 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy by British and Commonwealth forces. Edwards was b ... (1893–1972), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Wilfred Edwards (swimmer) (1889–1950), British swimmer * Wilfred Norman Edwards (1890–1956), British geologist and paleobotanist * Wilfrid Norman Edwards (1897–1994), British geologist * Wilf Edwards, English footballer {{Hndis, Edward, Wilfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Norman Edwards
Wilfred Norman Edwards FGS (13 June 1890 – 17 December 1956) was a British paleobotanist and keeper of geology at the Natural History Museum from 1938 to 1955 and was awarded the Lyell Medal in 1955.‘EDWARDS, Wilfred Norman’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200accessed 20 June 2024/ref> Education Edwards was born in Peterborough, and went to school at Cambridge County School. He trained as a botanist, studying at the University of Cambridge School of Botany under Albert Seward, professor of botany, and others. He attended Christ's College, Cambridge as a scholar, and graduated with a BA degree in 1912. Career After graduation, Edwards worked in Germany with paleobotanist Walther Gothan, before starting work at the Natural History Museum in 1913. During the first world war, he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Balkans, and only returned to museum work in 1919. In De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
