Edward Stanley's Story.
The Birkenhead News. Saturday, September 21, 1918
A Second Son falls in Action.
Word has been received by Mr and Mrs Williams off 12 Marlborough Grove, Oxton conveying the sad news that their youngest son was killed in action on August 31st. Private Edward Stanley Williams, who was 20 years of age, joined the Cheshires in March 1917 and was drafted to France in June of the same year. He was there transferred to the Royal Warwicks. He was badly wounded last December and was in England for some months. In July of this year he rejoined his regiment in France, and fell on August 31st. The chaplain in the letter home stated that he was killed by a shell and suffered no pain. He speaks highly in terms of the sterling qualities of this young soldier, and states that it he is sadly missed by his comrades.
Before joining the colours he was employed by the Liverpool Salvage Association and was educated at Woodlands school and the Higher Elementary School Conway Street. Mr and Mrs Williams suffered the loss of a son in July 1916, who fell on the Somme battlefield. Another son is now on active service in France, and their two remaining sons have both done their bit and are now discharged from the army.