Edwin Bertram Myers

This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11

E. B. Myers

(Edwin Bertram Myers)

(Myers, Edwin Bertram)

Service no 2259

Corporal, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st Battalion

Remembered at Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France and at St Mark's Church

Edwin Bertram Myers was a professional cricketer and footballer for Surrey Cricket Club (based at the Oval, a stone's throw from St Mark's Church) and Crystal Palace F.C. Information from (britoval, cricinfo.com and cricket-online.org)Between 1910 and 1914 Edwin Bertram Myers played for Surrey. Born 5 July 1888, Blackheath, Kent Major teams: Surrey Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox Photo shows soldiers playing cricket (from With Our Army in Flanders; Edward Arnold, London, 1915): Great War Primary Document Archive: Photos of the Great War

Information from the 1901 census

In 1901 Edwin Myers lived with his family at 12, St Georges Road, Greenwich. His father, Edwin A. Myers, then 36, was a clerk for an electrical engineer. He was born in Rotherhithe. His wife, Bertha, L. S. Myers, also 36, was born in Pimlico. The 7 children on this census (first 5 born in Charlton) were

Edwin B. Myers, 12

Norah M. Myers, 11

Philip A. Myers, 9

Dorothy E. Myers, 7

Ray/Roy H. Myers, 4

Vera B. Myers, 3, born in Plumstead

Clifford H. Myers, 8 months, born in Westcombe Park

Jessie Coxen, 20 and single, a servant from Surfleet, Lincolnshire, lived with the family

Information from the 1911 census

On the night of the census, Edwin Bertram Myers was a visitor at 27 Miskin Road, Dartford, Kent. His name is given as "Bertram Edwin Myers" by his host, Sam Sargeant, a 36-year-old company secretary. The census describes Edwin, then 22, as a professional cricketer and footballer for Surrey Cricket Club and Crystal Palace Football Club.

Some time between 1901 and 1908 Edwin A. Myers was widowed (this is an assumption based on the fact that divorce was extremely rare at this time). The 1911 census shows that Edwin, by now 46, was married to Amy, 29, and that the family - Edwin, Amy, Ray/Roy (now a "learner" in the field of electrical instrument making) and Vera - was now living at 25 Eversley Road, Charlton. Other members of the family were dispersed across south-east London:

Norah Margaret Myers, 21, was working as a clerk and boarding with the Bradley family at 36 Swallowfields Road, Charlton.

Philip A. Myers, 19, was working as a commecial clerk and boarding with shopkeeper Jane Wickens and her neice Amy Holmes at 44 Brewer Street, Woolwich.

Dorothy E. Myers, 18, was working as a housemaid for Robert Jewel Cook at 13 Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath.

The baby, Clifford Harold Myers, died in the third quarter of 1901.