EJ Field

Edward James Field

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Field, Edward J

1888, Bramley, Surrey

Edward and Emily (née Durrant)

11th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

T.240156

Private

26 May 1918, Belgium, age 30

Gwalia Cemetery, Belgium: II. B. 29

Edward James Field was born in 1888 at Bramley, Surrey. He was the third of eight (surviving) children of Edward, an agricultural
labourer, and Emily (née Durrant); he had a brother and six sisters.

By 1896, the family had moved to Bisley Green and Edward, presumably, attended Knaphill School.

In September 1908, Edward married Hilda Murrells at Pirbright. He gave his occupation as gardener - he worked for Goldsworth
Nursery. They had two children.

Edward joined the Territorial Force and was called up on the outbreak of war. He was sent to France in December 1917 and
joined the 11th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment.

On 26th May 1918, the trenches on the Front and Support lines were subject to enemy artillery between 9am and noon. One
officer and 7 other ranks of the battalion were killed.

Edward James Field was killed on 26th May 1918. He is buried grave II. B. 29, within Gwalia Cemetery, between the towns of
Poperinge and Elverdinge, Belgium.

Edward’s brother, John Alexander Field, is also commemorated on St John’s War Memorial.

Gwalia Cemetery, designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield, was opened at the beginning of July 1917, in the period between the Battle of Messines and the Third Battle of Ypres. It lay among the camps in flat, wet country and was used until September, 1918. The cemetery contains 467 Commonwealth burials of the First World War.
Edward James Field and his brother, John Alexander Field, are both also commemorated on the War Memorial Cross in Woking Town Square and on the Goldsworth Nursery Memorial (right).