Thank you to Bernice Forsyth and Mary Day from Capel Local History Group for allowing Dorking Museum to publish their research.
Nathan was born in 1886/7 the son of Nathan and Eliza Edwards. Nathan enlisted at Dorking in the 1/5th Battalion of the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. His residence at the time he enlisted he is given as Capel. He was employed by Dorking Rural District Council before joining the Army.
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Nathan died of sunstroke which was “the result of an act of devotion to a wounded comrade” on the 12th of September, 1916 and is buried in the Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.
At the time of his death his mother was living in Rudgwick.
| Born | Capel, Surrey | |
| Son of | Nathan and Eliza Edwards | |
| Enlisted | Dorking | |
| Regiment | 1/5th Battalion, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment | |
| Number | T/4415 | |
| Date of Death | 12th September 1916 | |
| Place of Death | Mesopotamia | |
| Cause of Death | Killed in Action | |
| Age | 29 | |
| Cemetery | Basra War Cemetery, Iraq |
