Edward Teasdale (1881-1917)
Sheffield man served with 15th DLI commemorated on the Arras Memorial
Edward Teasdale, the son of Thomas and Mary Teasdale, was born in Sheffield in 1881. He had a brother and two sisters and in June 1913 married Mary Ann Travis. He was a commercial traveller for a firm making bicycles and lived in Sheffield all his life until he enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment at Hull in December 1915. He was posted on 9 June 1916 and, in November, was appointed lance-corporal. On 18 December 1916 he landed in France. He was then transferred to the Durham Light Infantry, serving first in the 14th Battalion and, later, the 15th Battalion. He was killed at the Battle of Arras on 10 April 1917 and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, in the Durham Cathedral DLI Book of Remembrance and the Sheffield Council Official Roll of Honour.
Birth date: 1881
Death date: 10-Apr-1917
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 124 Carr Road, Nether Hallam, Sheffield (1891,1901 & 1911 censuses)
73 Southcoates Avenue, Hull (British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Employment: Commercial Clerk (1901 census)
Commercial Traveller for Cycle Maker (1911 census & British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920)
Family: Father: Thomas Teasdale
Mother: Mary Teasdale (nee Cotton)
Siblings: Thomas Bonner, Eliza & Louisa Elizabeth Teasdale
Wife: Mary Ann Teasdale (nee Travis)
Military service:
East Yorkshire Regiment
Regimental no.: 215014
Lance-Corporal
14th & 15th Battalions Durham Light Infantry
Regimental no.: 53345
Lance-Corporal
Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal
Memorial(s): Arras Memorial, Bay 8
Durham Cathedral DLI Book of Remembrance
Sheffield Council Official Roll of Honour
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Edwards
