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Edwards was born in Hampstead, London, the son of John Frederick Edwards (1857–1940) and Elizabeth Ann (née Walton) (1865–1945).
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Cedric Edwards
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He initially joined the Royal Naval Air Service as a probationary temporary flight officer on 7 September 1917, being commissioned as a temporary flight sub-lieutenant on 27 November 1917. After training with Number. 12 Squadron, he was posted to Number.
9 Squadron, which became Number.
209 Squadron Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. Edwards was killed on 27 August 1918 when his aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire near Jigsaw Wood, France.
Initially reported as "missing", his death was later confirmed, although his body was never recovered. He is commemorated at the Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
His citation read:
Lieutenant Cedric George Edwards.
The fearlessness and disregard of danger displayed by this officer in attacking enemy troops, et cetera, 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.
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