POND, Edgar John

Arras Memorial, FranceCredit: CWGC

Rifleman
1st/18th Battalion
London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

Edgar was born in Newport to William John & Emily (nee DRUDGE) POND who were living at ‘Blandford’, Ripley Road, Worthing in Sussex around the time of Edgar’s death. 1916 in East Preston, Sussex he married Amy HOWARD who later remarried & became Amy ELFORD & lived at ‘The Haven’ in Bembridge.

Edgar, aged 29, was listed as Missing Presumed Killed on the 22nd of March 1918. His body was never found or identified & so Edgar is commemorated by the Commission upon the Arras Memorial to the Missing in France together with 34,802 of his missing First World War comrades.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.