NORTHOP PARISH MEMORIALS
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name Edgar Messham
Regiment 14th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Private 20126
Military Cemetery/Memorial Essex Farm Cemetery
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial III.E.20.
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in action at Ypres August 31st 1916.
Biographical Details Known He lived at Rhos y Chellis Farm before going to war.
Regiment 14th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Private 20126
Military Cemetery/Memorial Essex Farm Cemetery
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial III.E.20.
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in action at Ypres August 31st 1916.
Biographical Details Known He lived at Rhos y Chellis Farm before going to war.
Dave Norton, a Flintshire resident serving in the RAF, visited Belgium on a battle sites tour in December 2010. Dave kindly tracked down the cemeteries and graves of a number of 'our' soldiers and photographed them. He visited Essex Farm Cemetery where Edwin Messham is buried.
20126 Private
E Messham
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
31st August 1916
Many thanks to Dave Norton for making this photographic record for this website
E Messham
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
31st August 1916
Many thanks to Dave Norton for making this photographic record for this website
