Herbert Edwards (other)
Herbert Edwards may refer to: * Ringer Edwards (Herbert James Edwards, 1913–2000), Australian soldier *Herbert Edwards (cricketer, born 1884) (Herbert Ivor Powell Edwards, 1884–1946), English cricketer *Bert Edwards (cricketer) (Herbert Charles Edwards, 1913–2002), English cricketer See also * Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1819–1868), English administrator, soldier and statesman *Bert Edwards (other) Bert Edwards may refer to: *Bert Edwards (politician) Albert Augustine Edwards (6 November 1888 – 24 August 1963) was an Australian publican and politician. Early life and education Edwards was born in Adelaide on 6 November 1888. His fath ...

Ringer Edwards
Herbert James "Ringer" Edwards (26 July 1913 – June 2000) was an Australian soldier during World War II. As a prisoner of war (POW), he survived being crucified for 63 hours by Japanese soldiers on the Burma Railway. Edwards was the basis for the character "Joe Harman" in Nevil Shute's novel ''A Town Like Alice'' (1950; also known as ''The Legacy''). The book was the basis for a film (1956; also known as ''The Rape of Malaya'') and a television miniseries (1981). Early life Edwards was born in Fremantle, Western Australia.WW2 Nominal Roll, 2002, "EDWARDS, HERBERT JAMES"
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Herbert Edwards (cricketer, Born 1884)
Herbert Ivor Powell Edwards (12 March 1884 – 24 September 1946) was an English cricketer active in 1908 when he played in a single first-class match for Sussex as a righthanded batsman, scoring 22 runs. He was born in Westminster and died in Cowes Cowes () is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are linked by the Cowes Floa .... Notes 1884 births 1946 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ...
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Bert Edwards (cricketer)
Herbert Charles Edwards (3 December 1913 – 22 January 2002) was an English cricketer who played one first-class match, for Worcestershire against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1946. Worcestershire lost the game by an innings well inside two days, with Edwards scoring 10 and 1. He held one catch, to dismiss Alan Wharton. He was mostly a club cricketer, playing for Old Hill Cricket Club between 1932 and 1958, and serving as the club's president; in this he followed in the footsteps of his father before him. Obituary, '' Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' 2003. Edwards was born in Colley Gate, then in Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...; he died at the age of 88 in Stourbridge. Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Bert 1913 births 2 ...
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Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
Major-General Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes DCL (12 November 1819 – 23 December 1868) was a British administrator, soldier, and statesman active in the Punjab region of British India. He is best known as the "Hero of Multan" for his pivotal role in securing British victory in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Background and early life Edwardes was born at Frodesley in Shropshire on 12 November 1819, the 2nd son of the Rev. Benjamin Edwardes (1790/1-1823), rector of Frodesley, a younger son of Sir John Thomas Cholmondeley Edwardes, 8th Baronet, of Shrewsbury (1764–1816). The Edwardes Baronetcy of Shropshire had been conferred on his ancestor Sir Thomas Edwardes by King Charles I in 1644/5.The baronetcy eventually became dormant on the death of the 10th Baronet Sir Henry Hope Edwardes to extant with Edwardes-Iddon which Edwardes are descended claiming succession to the title. Edwardes's mother died during his infancy, and from the age of four, following his father's death in 182 ...
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