Frank Edwards (British Army soldier), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British Army soldier
Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1893
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1964
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Frank Edwards (British Army soldier)
- Frank Edwards (29 September 1893–January 1964), also known as The Footballer of Loos, was a British Army soldier in the First World War who served as a rifleman in the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, during the Battle of Loos.
- He is distinguished for leading the London Irish across no man's land to storm enemy trenches kicking a football ahead of the troops.
- The successful capture of enemy positions that followed earned the London Irish Rifles their second battle honour, Loos, 1915.
- The football is still preserved in the regimental museum of the London Irish and to this day the memory of Edwards is commemorated on Loos Sunday.
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