Captain Arthur Noel Edwards (10 December 1883 – 25 May 1915) was an English

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player who participated in the 1911 and 1913

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as an alternate.

Origins

He was born on 10 December 1883, the second son of Arthur Edwards of

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, Waltham Abbey, Essex, by his wife Hilda Tennant, a daughter of

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(1828–1900) of Chapel House in the parish of

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, Yorkshire,

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for

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. His brother was the cricketer Guy Janion Edwards (1881–1962).

Career

Arthur Noel Edwards participated in the 1911 and 1913

at the

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as an alternate. He was a Captain in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and died in

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on 25 May 1915 as the result of a

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attack by the Germans during the Second Battle of Ypres. He was buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension. He was later re-interred in

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, and there is a memorial to him in the Church of the Holy Innocents, High Beach,

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, in Essex.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Arthur Noel 1883 births 1915 deaths English polo players International Polo Cup British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel killed in World War I 9th Queen's Royal Lancers officers Burials in Essex