Frank Edwards | |
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Nickname(s) | "The Footballer of Loos" |
Born | [1] Chelsea, London, England | 29 September 1893
Died | January 1964 (aged 70) Whitton, London, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army |
Years of service | 1914–1935 |
Rank | Sergeant |
Service number | 1751 |
Unit | London Irish Rifles Corps of Military Police |
Battles / wars |
Frank Edwards (29 September 1893 – January 1964), also known as The Footballer of Loos, was a British Army soldier in the First World War who served as a rifleman in the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, during the Battle of Loos. He is distinguished for leading the London Irish across no man's land to storm enemy trenches kicking a football ahead of the troops. The successful capture of enemy positions that followed earned the London Irish Rifles their second battle honour, Loos, 1915. The football is still preserved in the regimental museum of the London Irish and to this day the memory of Edwards is commemorated on Loos Sunday.