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1894 - 31/05/1921

Place of birth: Burghclere, Hampshire
Last known address in Bromley: 16 Gladwell Road

Military information

Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Greys
Battalion/Ship: 2nd Dragoons
Rank: Private
Number: 7689

Family information

Parents: Tom & Ellen Elizabeth Alder (nee Rolfe)
Parents' occupation: Cowman
Siblings: Alice Louisa, William, Frederick, Francis Walter (d), Sidney Herbert, Evelyn May, Elsie Edith, Edward Basil
Relatives on War Memorial: ALDER, S.H.

Census information

1901
Address: Perry Street, Chislehurst
1911
Address: Perry Street, Chislehurst
Occupation: Farm Labourer

Extra details

Edward was the 4th of the 9 children of Tom and Ellen Alder.

He was in the regular army before war broke out having joined the 5th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards on 22nd November 1912, aged 18 years 7 months. He was 5ft 4¾ins tall, had a fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair and 2 scars on his right index finger.

After about a year at Aldershot he was transferred to the Royal Scots Greys, in which his brother William was serving, at York. He was posted to France on 17th August 1914, returning home on 8th May 1918. He took part in the Retreat from Mons and was in the first Battle of the Somme.

Edward received a bullet wound to his leg on his first day in action and later a wound to his hand from a piece of shell, from which he recovered. However when he was badly gassed he never fully recovered and was discharged on 24th July 1918. He died on 31st May 1921 after a very long and painful illness.