Private Edward Anstee
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1881
Date of Death
3 May 1917
War time / or Pre War occupation
Straw hat blocker
Regiment
Service Number
30849
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
17 Cowper Street
Luton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
No known grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
CWGC archives , 1st January 1970
Pte Edward Anstee, 30849, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action near Arras on May 3rd, 1917. He was aged 35.
No report of his death appears to have been published in the local Press at the time. He was born around 1881 and married Louisa Fox in Luton in 1900.
At the time of the 1911 Census the couple were living at 17 Cowper Street, Luton, Edward working as a straw hat blocker. Their only child had died.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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