Born at Newcastle, c.1830.
Enlisted at Dublin on the 1st of July 1848.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 7".
Trade: Labourer.
Wounded and taken prisoner of war at Balaclava, 25th October 1854, and died probably shortly afterwards.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasps for Alma, Balaclava, and Sebastopol
Wounded and taken prisoner of war at Balaclava, 25th October 1854, and died probably shortly afterwards.
According to a letter from Lieutenant Chadwick, 17th Lancers, dated 2nd of April 1855:
"Of twelve men of the 17th Lancers who were taken prisoners on the same day that I was, five only are living....The seven dead [include private] Edge."
In a letter written to Thomas Morley by James Wightman in March 1889 he wrote that "Robert Edge...died of his wounds."
Extracts from the London Gazette, Friday 1st of June 1855:
"Lord Panmure has received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his Lordship by Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, G.C.B.:
Before Sebastopol, May 19th.
My Lord,
I have the honour to enclose the copy of a letter from Captain Montague of the Royal Engineers, Prisoner of war, dated Simpheropol, April 28th, transmitting a list of British prisoners who died either there or on the road from Sebastopol. I beg to forward this return in duplicate.
Your Lordship will see with satisfaction that the British prisoners who are sick in Hospital at Simpheropol receive equal, if not greater attention than the Russian soldiers from the authorities, and are constantly receiving presents from visitors.
Raglan.
Enclosure (1)
Simpheropol, April 28th.
Sir, — I have the honour to enclose the accompanying list of prisoners who died either here, or on their road from Sebastopol.
There are some others dead, but Thomas Berry [sic] 8th Hussars, who furnished me with this list, could not remember the names of the rest.
I have, etc., etc.
H. Montague, Captain.
Royal Engineers.
[To:] Major General J.B. Bucknall Estcourt, Adjutant-General.
I have been given to understand that the prisoners who are sick in hospital have received equal, if not even greater attention from the authorities, and are constantly receiving presents, etc., from visitors.
There are some five or seven men who will be sent at the first opportunity to Odessa, for the purpose of being forwarded to England, they being incapable of serving again.
[See also records of 1550, John Boxall, 4th Light Dragoons, and 1061 Matthew Keating, 11th Hussars.]
Return of Non-commissioned Officers and Men, Prisoners of war, who have died either at Simpheropol or on their road there,-
4th Light Dragoons. Troop Sergeant Major William Fowler; — Privates, Thomas Fletcher — James Normoyle and George Linser.
8th Hussars. Corporal William Taylor.
11th Hussars. Corporal J. Wilson [sic] and Private John Berry.
13th Light Dragoons. Trumpeter William Howarth and Private William Bainton.
17th Lancers. Corporal James Hall; Privates Henry Young — Robert Edge — William Kirk and Alfred Jenner.
[Some 14 other men from various Line regiments are also named.]