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HI, COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME IN LOCATING EDWARDS WAR RECORDS WE KNOW EDWARD WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/03/17 AGE 18.EDWARD BELONGED TO THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS SERVICE NUMBER 7/19467.KILLED IN SALONIKA .WHERE WOULD EDWARDS REMAINS BE,COULD HIS NAME BE ON A WAR MEMORIAL SOME WHERE.. HIS MEDALS WERE SENT OUT THREE YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEY WERE SENT TO, IS THERE ANY WAY TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY WERE SENT.THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE US ON THIS SUBJECT.MANY THANKS KIND REGARDS CHRIS.

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 about Edward Jordan
Name: Edward Jordan
Birth Place: Tunstall, Staffs
Residence: Burslem, Staffs
Death Date: 17 Mar 1917
Death Location: Salonika
Enlistment Location: Tunstall, Staffs
Rank: Private
Regiment: South Wales Borderers
Battalion: 7th Battalion
Number: 19467
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Balkan Theatre

Is this Edward in 1901
I would have thought his medal would have been sent to his parents

V Edward Jordan
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William Jordan
Mother's Name: Martha Jordan
Gender: Male
Where born: Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Tunstall
Ecclesiastical parish: Tunstall St Mary
Town: Tunstall
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration District: Wolstanton
Sub-registration District: Tunstall
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 161
Piece: 2590
Folio: 176
Page Number: 30
Household Members:
Name Age
William Jordan 31
Martha Jordan 30
Edward Jordan 2
Betsy Jordan 11 Months
Susannah Baggley 26
Emily Baggley 22
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thank you for quick reply most helpful kind regards Chris :-)

Initially I couldn't find him on the CWGC site, which is strange
Finally found him on the CWGC, his name has been misspelled as JORDON.

JORDON, E
Rank:PrivateService No:7/19467Date of Death:17/03/1917Regiment/Service:South Wales Borderers 7th Bn. Grave ReferenceD. 790.CemeteryKARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY
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Here is the link to the site, it gives more details about the cemetery where he is buried.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/623463/JORDON,%20E


George

His headstone/ plaque has been photographed by THe War Graves project, you can obtain copies if its something you would want, but the do ask for a donation.

Details of cost etc on the site

Link

http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=977885

George

His medal roll index card says he entered the theatre of war (France) on 5.9.15

He was entitled to the Victory medal, the British medal, and the 15 Star.

There is a note on the medal roll index card to say that :

o'/c Recs (or Rees) Shrewbury requests insts re disposal of medals 4.11.21

However it doesn't say what instructions were eventually received, and if or when, and where, the medals were eventually sent, or if they were sent at all.

Hi George,many thanks for all the trouble you have gone to,its the sort of info i have been waiting for,i will contact the War Graves Project,thank you for finding the grave reference,i will try the links and see where i go from there,many many thanks,Chris. :-)

Hi Kucinta many many thanks for your research,i will try and find out about the medals and use the info you have given me.thank you for your time,kind regards Chris. :-)thanks to all the research team.
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