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Surname: FAULKNER
Forename(s): Edward
Place of Birth: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Service No: 29/174
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 23rd (Service) Battalion. (4th Tyneside Scottish)
Division: 34th Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1917-02-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: VIII. B. 188.
CWGC Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SILSDEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Edward Faulkner was the son of Richard and Mary Ann Faulkner, née Merrick and brother of Private Daniel Faulkner (40050) (q.v.) and Private Job Faulkner (12147) (q.v.). Their father was born at London and mother at West Bromwich, Staffordshire.
1891 Runcorn, Cheshire Census: 20, Canal Street - Edward Faulkner, aged 2 years, born Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, son of Richard and Mary Faulkner. [Richard and Mary were living in the same house as Edward and Lizzie Faulkner - Edward may have been Richard's brother.]
1901 Silsden, Yorkshire Census: 3, Hayhills Road - Edward Faulkner, aged 11 years, born Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, son of Mary Ann Faulkner, widow.
The British Army Service Record for Edward Faulkner, 12648 [sic], exists but may be incomplete. [Edward joined the Army on the 26 August 1914. He joined the 6th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment, then transferring to the 173rd Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Transferred back to the 6th Bn York and Lancasters, he went with the Battalion to Gallipoli. Returning to England, he deserted on the 6 December 1915, but later rejoined the Army as William Carter.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte William Carter, 12642, York & Lanc. R.; 29/174, North'd Fus. Theatre of War first served in: (2B) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 17.7.15. D. of W.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte William Carter, 12642, 6th York & Lancs.; 29/174, 23rd North'd Fus. D. of Wds.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte William Carter alias Edward Faulkner, 29/174, 23rd Bn Northd. Fus. Date and Place of Death: 17.2.17 France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Aunt and sole legatee - Mrs. Mary Eliz. Barritt. £14 9s. 10d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Edward not found.
Edward died of wounds that were probably received in a trench raid on the 11 February 1917; Private David Walling (40749) (q.v.) was killed in this raid and Private Eli Waterworth, 40863 (q.v.) awarded the M.M.
See also: Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association No. 109 June/July 2017: Raiders Lost – Now Found The Tyneside Scottish at Armentières – February 1917 by David Tattersfield.
Edward (as William Carter) is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
FAULKNER, Edward, aged 19, Scottish Rifles, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faulkner, [Silsden], died of wounds, Boulogne.
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Northumberland Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 34th Division
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22 December 1916
SILSDEN – A SECOND BROTHER KILLED IN ACTION
Private Daniel Faulkner, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faulkner, of Hayhills Lane, Silsden, and brother of Miss Hannah Faulkner, of 71, Oakworth Road, Keighley, and formerly of Bridge Street, Silsden, has been killed in action. Pte. Faulkner, who was 19 years of age, was formerly attached to the West Riding Regiment, but was recently transferred to the Irish Rifles. Miss Faulkner received official information on Wednesday morning from the War Office, and also the following letter which had been written by one of her brother’s friends at the Front:–
“I regret that I have to inform you that we have lost your dear brother of the Irish Rifles. He had only just joined us, and was shot and died about an hour later. I buried his body in the cemetery close by. May God comfort and solace you at this time, and give you the assurance that there is a life beyond where this life is continued in fuller and more happy surroundings.”
Prior to joining the Forces, Pte. Faulkner was employed at Messrs. John Dixon and Sons, bobbin manufacturers, Steeton.
Another brother, Private Jobey Faulkner, of the West Riding Regiment, was killed on September 7th, 1915, as the result of being hit with a piece of shrapnel. Death took place about half-an-hour after he was struck.
There are also two other brothers serving their King and Country – Pte. Thos. Faulkner, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and Pte. Edward Faulkner, who is attached to a Scottish Regiment. Both the latter have also been wounded in France.
02 March 1917
SILSDEN – THREE SOLDIER BROTHERS KILLED
Three Silsden soldier brothers have made the supreme sacrifice for King and Country – Private Jobey Faulkner, of the West Riding Regiment, who was killed on September 7th, 1915 as a result of being hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel; Pte. Daniel Faulkner, of the Royal Irish Rifles, killed in action in December, 1916; and Private Edward Faulkner of a Scottish Regiment, who has recently died of wounds in a military hospital in Boulogne. They are the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faulkner of Silsden, and information concerning the death of Private Edward Faulkner was received by his sister, Miss Annie Faulkner, who at present resides at 71, Oakworth Road, Keighley, on Thursday of last week. He was 19 years of age and was formerly employed by Messrs. John Dixon and Sons, bobbin manufacturers, Steeton. A fourth brother of the same family, Pte. Thomas Faulkner, is at present serving in France, he being attached to the East Yorkshire Regiment. He has also been wounded. All four brothers joined up shortly after the outbreak of war.
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22 December 1916
SILSDEN SOLDIER KILLED
Private Daniel Faulkner, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faulkner, of Silsden, and brother of Miss Hannah Faulkner, of 71, Oakworth Road, Keighley, and formerly of Bridge Street, Silsden, has been killed in action. Private Faulkner, who was 19 years of age, was formerly attached to the West Riding Regiment, but was recently transferred to the Irish Rifles. Miss Faulkner received official information on Wednesday morning from the War Office, and also the following letter which had been written by one of her brother’s friends at the Front:–“I regret that I have to inform you that we have lost your dear brother, of the Irish Rifles. He had only just joined us, and was shot and died about an hour later. I buried his body in the cemetery. May God comfort and solace you at this time and give you the assurance that there is a life beyond where his life is continued in fuller and more happy surroundings.”
Prior to joining the forces Private Faulkner was employed at Messrs. John Dixon and Sons, bobbin manufacturers, Steeton. Another brother, Private Jobey Faulkner, of the West Riding Regiment, was killed on September 7th, 1915, he on that day being hit with a piece of shrapnel and died half an hour later. There are also two other brothers serving, Private Thomas Faulkner, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and Private Edward Faulkner, of a Scottish Regiment, and both have been wounded in France.
02 March 1917
FAULKNER – Pte. Edward Faulkner, of the Scottish Regiment, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faulkner, of Silsden, died of wounds in hospital at Boulogne, aged 19.
02 March 1917
THREE SILSDEN SOLDIER BROTHERS KILLED
Three Silsden soldier brothers have made the supreme sacrifice for King and country, Private Jobey Faulkner, of the West Riding Regiment, who was killed on September 7th, 1915 as a result of being hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel; Pte. Daniel Faulkner, of the Royal Irish Rifles, killed in action in December, 1916; and Private Edward Faulkner, of a Scottish Regiment, who has recently died of wounds in a military hospital in Boulogne. They are the sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Faulkner, of Silsden, and information concerning the death of Pte. Edward Faulkner was received by his sister, Miss Annie Faulkner, who at present resides at 71, Oakworth Road, Keighley, on Thursday of last week. He was 19 years of age and was formerly employed by Messrs. John Dixon and Sons, bobbin manufacturers, Steeton. A fourth brother of the same family, Pte. Thomas Faulkner, is at present serving in France, he being attached to the East Yorkshire Regiment. He has also been wounded. All four brothers joined up shortly after the outbreak of war.
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