EDWARD JAMES GREEN 

Edward James's Story.

Birkenhead News 08 May 1915

Two Brothers Killed

OLD ST. PETER’S SCHOOLBOYS

The cruelty of war has been realised by a large number of families locally, but few, if any, have felt it so keenly as Mr. and Mrs. Green, of 51, Payson Street, whose two sons, Private Peter W. Green (22), and Pte. Ed. Green (19), have been killed in action. The elder son had been a member of 3^rd Cheshires for a period of five years and was called up at the commencement of hostilities, leaving for the front early in October. He had taken part in some very heavy fighting, and was killed in France towards the end of April. In a letter to his mother, referring to his younger brother’s death, he says “I am very glad to hear to hear that you take ‘Joey’s’ death in good part and I am quite satisfied he was buried all right. There is one consolation, and that is, he has died whilst doing his duty.”

Pte. Peter Green had been married about 12 months, and leaves a widow and one small child, who reside at 117 Livingstone Street.

The younger son belonged to the 1^st Cheshires, and was called up on the 5^th August leaving with the first detachment of British troops for France. He took part in the famous retreat from Mons, and helped to turn back the Germans. He was killed in action on 24^th December. by a shrapnel shell.