Cedric George Edwards

Name:

Country:

England

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force

Units:

9N, 12N (RNAS)
209 (RAF)

Victories:

Born:

05 June 1899

Place of Birth:

Hampstead, London

Died:

27 August 1918

Place of Death:

Near Jigsaw Wood

Memorial:

Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cedric George Edwards was killed in action when his Sopwith Camel (B6371) was hit by anti-aircraft fire.

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Lieut. Cedric George Edwards.
The fearlessness and disregard of danger displayed by this officer in attacking enemy troops, etc., at low altitudes is most marked, and worthy of the highest praise. On one occasion in an attack on an aerodrome, to enable him to fire on the hangars he descended so low that the wheels of his machine touched the ground. He has in air combats destroyed three hostile aircraft.

Supplement to the London Gazette, 21 September 1918 (30913/11250)

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	11 Apr 1918	1700	209	Sopwith Camel (D3331)	Albatros D.III (OOC) ¹	Albert
2	20 Apr 1918	1100	209	Sopwith Camel (D3331)	Fokker DR.I (OOC)	Clery
3	24 Apr 1918	1850	209	Sopwith Camel (D3351)	Pfalz D.III (DES)	Warfusée-Abancourt
4	09 Jun 1918	0830	209	Sopwith Camel (B6371)	LVG C (DES)	Mericourt
5	09 Jun 1918	1130	209	Sopwith Camel (B6371)	LVG C (OOC) ²	Proyart
6	08 Aug 1918	1905	209	Sopwith Camel (D9588)	Halberstadt C (DESF) ³	Harbonnières
7	11 Aug 1918	0840	209	Sopwith Camel (B6371)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Assevillers

1	Shared with Capt Roy Brown (B7270)
2	Shared with Lt Joseph Siddall (B6369)
3	Shared with Capt Robert Foster (C61), Capt Thomas Luke (C142), Lt Kenneth Walker (C199), Lt MA Harker (D9625)

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