Edgar Barnett Samuel (SAM9941)

Basic Information

Unique reference:

SAM9941

Gender:

Male

Birth

Date of birth:

24 Adar I 5646 (01 March 1886)

Place of birth:

Marylebone, London

Death

Date of death:

25 Shevat 5676 (30 January 1916)

Died in combat?:

Yes

Place of death:

France and Flanders

Cause of death:

Killed in action

Burial place:

Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. Burial XIV.J.7

Places

Addresses

12 Palmeira Court, Hove, Sussex

15 Adamson Road, Hampstead, London

Schools

Name:

Clifton College

Other Organisations

Name:

Jewish Lads' Brigade

Name:

Stepney Lads' Club

Information supplied by Strike a Light project in Brighton

Family life: Edgar was the eldest son of Nelson Samuel (1854-1920) and Harriet Samuel (b. 1866, nee Hymans). Although Nelson Samuel hailed from Yorkshire, his family moved to London when he was a child and it was there that he married his wife in 1885. Nelson and Harriet had three children, Edgar, Edith and Frank, and were related, via Nelson, to the Bensusan family. The Samuel family appear to have been reasonably well-off as the census shows that they had between two and four servants. In 1891-1901 they were based in Marylebone but had moved to Hampstead by 1911. By 1917, Nelson had relocated to Hove possibly because at the age of 63 he had retired as there is no record of his firm operating in Brighton. Nelson may have passed his business to his surviving son, as Edgar’s will left £2812 to ‘Frank Samuel and Wilfred Sampson Samuel, manufacturers’.

Military Record

Military service:

Army

Date discharged/death:

30 January 1916

Rank at discharge/death:

Second Lieutenant

Assignments

Regiment:

Middlesex Regiment

Battalion/unit:

16th Battallion

Medals:

Mentioned in Despatches

1 of 4
Soldier's Effects
2 of 4
WW1 Medal Roll Index Card
3 of 4
Officers of The Jewish Lads' Brigade Deal Camp 1911
No. 12 Edgar Barnett Samuel
4 of 4
Extract from The Jewish Cronicle

Roll of Honour

E. B. SAMUEL, 30 January 1916

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