Individual Details
Chief Petty Officer Frederick Oswald "Fred Ossie" EDWARDS RN
(23 Aug 1912 - Jul 1986)
Events
| Birth | 23 Aug 1912 | Merthyr Tydfil Registration District, Glamorganshire | |||
| Residence | 19 Jun 1921 | with his parents - 7, Brynseion Terrace, Troedyrhiw, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | |||
| Military | From Abt 1931 | in the Royal Navy | |||
| Military | 1938 | as a Leading Stoker aboard H.M.S. Rodney - Devonport, Devon |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 May 1942 | English Congregational Church, Pontycymer, Bridgend, Glamorganshire - Marjorie Ethel M JALLAND | | ||
| Military | 11 May 1942 | in the Royal Navy as a Petty Officer Stoker | |||
| Death | Jul 1986 | Torbay Registration District, Devon |
Families
| Spouse | Marjorie Ethel M JALLAND (1919 - 1999) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Thomas Joshua "Tom" EDWARDS (1868 - 1935) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Jane EVANS (1875 - 1956) |
| Sibling | William Thomas "Willie" EDWARDS (1897 - 1956) |
| Sibling | Annie Maud EDWARDS (1898 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Ernest George EDWARDS (1900 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Edwin Daniel EDWARDS (1903 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Simon Arthur EDWARDS (1907 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Walter John EDWARDS (1910 - 1911) |
Notes
Military
RETURN TO SHIP. Leading Stoker Oswald Edwards, son of Mrs. Thomas Edwards, Elm-street, Troedyrhiw, returned to Devonport on Thursday. At the close of the football season he was selected to represent his ship, H.M.S. "Rodney," in the pick of the Home Fleet team in their match against Chatham for the interport cup, which they won. Edwards was unfortunate in the first half of the match in sustaining a fractured ankle, which necessitated his being in hospital for a period of eleven weeks.Merthyr Express 27 August 1938.
Marriage
Thet were married by the Reverend J J Davies BA of Bethel CM Church, Pontycymer.Glamorgan Gazette Friday May 15th 1942