Frank Edwards (British Army soldier)

Frank Edwards
Frank Edwards
Nickname(s)	"The Footballer of Loos"
Born	29 September 1893; Chelsea, London, England
Died	January 1964 (aged 70); Whitton, London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1935
Rank	Sergeant
Service number	1751
Unit	London Irish Rifles; Corps of Military Police
Battles / wars	World War I Battle of Loos; ;

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.

^ Harris, Ed (2009). The Footballer of Loos: A Story of the London Irish Rifles in the First World War. The History Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7524-5166-4.

[1] Harris, Ed (2009). The Footballer of Loos: A Story of the London Irish Rifles in the First World War. The History Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7524-5166-4.

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