A. Noel Edwards

Captain Arthur Noel Edwards (December 10, 1883 - May 25, 1915) was an English polo champion who participated in the 1911 International Polo Cup.^[1]

Biography

He was the second son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Edwards of Beech Hill Park Waltham Abbey, born on December 10, 1883.

Arthur Noel Edwards participated in the 1911 International Polo Cup and qualified for the number two position in 1913.

He was a Captain in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and died in World War I on May 25, 1915 as the result of a poison gas attack by the Germans during the Second Battle of Ypres. He was buried in Bailleul. There is a memorial in the Church of the Holy Innocents, High Beach, Epping, in Essex.^[2]

External links

• Arthur Noel Edwards at Flickr

References

1. ^ "Edwards Plays Polo At Piping Rock". New York Times. May 16, 1913. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30616FE3F5B13738DDDAF0994DD405B838DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-04-19. "Two members of the English polo team, five of whom arrived in New York on Wednesday evening, engaged in some preliminary practice work yesterday in anticipation of the international matches at Westbury June 10 and 14 against the American four for the Westchester Polo Club (Newport) Trophy, now held by the Meadow Brook team. Captain A. Noel Edwards who will fill the position of number 2 ..." 
2. ^ Horace A. Laffaye (2009). The Evolution of Polo. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786438142. http://books.google.com/books?id=9i-bgOjaVysC&pg=PA142&dq=...robbed+the+British+of+some+of+their+top+and+most+promising+players.&hl=en&ei=z1yuTdHxNsfJgQfn54D4Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=...robbed%20the%20British%20of%20some%20of%20their%20top%20and%20most%20promising%20players.&f=false. "It is very true that the First World War robbed the British of some of their top and most promising players: Geoffrey Bowlby, Harold Brassey, Leslie Cheape, Noel Edwards, Francis and Rivy Grenfell, Lord Hugh Grosvenor, Brian Osborne (polo), Bertie Wilson ..." 

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Name	Edwards, A. Noel
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Date of birth	December 10, 1883
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Date of death	May 25, 1915
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