Soldier Record
Plant Eddleston
Contributed by: Fiona Grant, on 2008-12-15
| Rank | |
|---|---|
| First Name | Plant |
| Surname | Eddleston |
| Year of Birth | 1891 |
| Year of Death | 1916 |
| Regiment | South Wales Borderers |
| Place of Wartime Residence | Great Harwood, Lancashire |
Plant's Story
My great great uncle Plant Eddleston was killed on the Somme on his 25th birthday. My great grandmother was 6 months pregnant at the time and was devastated by the loss so I am told. About one month later she received the news that her husband had been killed on the Somme. Her daughter, my grandmother, never knew her father.
To lose a brother and husband within a month must have been horrendous.
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