SKELTON - IN - CLEVELAND
IN HISTORY
"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

Private EDWARD BERTIE PAWSEY.

11278, 2nd Bn., Yorkshire Regiment.

who died, aged 25, on the 30th of September 1918.

Of Castle Gardens, Skelton.
Son of William and Emma Pawsey, of Archway House, Gilling West, Richmond, Yorks.


Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun.
9k West of Arras.

Presumably Edward was working for Skelton Estate when War broke out and he came from Gilling, N Yorks.

The 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment were formed in August 1914,
In May 1918 they were transferred to 32nd Brigade of the 11th Division.
The Division fought in the Battles of the Hindenberg line.
The tide was beginning to turn against Germany by September 1918 and the British were forcing a way through what had been impregnable lines of trenches, barbed wire and concrete emplacements.
It seems Edward lost his life during the Battle of the Canal du Nord 27th Sep to 1st October which was a phase in the advance which finally forced the Germans to sue for peace in November.