Biography:
Edmund J. Eldridge
08/12/1856 –30/10/1916
Edmund J. Eldridge
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Plot 504 Edmund Jackson Aram Eldridge (1868-1916) (Commemorated here)
Edmund was born 8 December 1868 in Beirut, Syria (now in Lebanon).
His father George J Eldridge, a naval officer, was attached to the Head Quarters of the British Army in the Crimea from August 1855 till July 1856 and was present at the capture of Sebastopol. He received the Crimean Medal and was made Consul at Kertch, October 31, 1856. He was appointed to the charge of the British Cemeteries at Sebastopol in the Crimea, April 11, 1861 and was transferred as Consul to Erzeroom, December 8, 1862. George married Natalie (the daughter of Lieut, General Ratsch), born in Sebastopol in Sebastopol Cathedral in 1861. On April 29, 1863 he was appointed Consul-General in Syria, to reside at Beirut. Edmund was their eldest son and was to have had three sisters and three brothers.
In 1881 the family were living at 15, The Crescent, Bedford, but his father returned to his post as British Consul-General in Beirut and died there in January 1890. Natalie and the family moved to 1, Peak Hill Gardens, Sydenham, Kent.
In September 1890 Edmund applied for a clerkship in the Consular service and on 4 November that year was appointed to be consular clerk in the consulate at Smyrna.
He married Elfrida Evelina Augusta Constant, in Smyrna, Turkey c.1901/5 and in
1905, their only child, Cedric George, was born.
Edmund died 30 October 1916 at Canea, Crete aged 48. He was attached to the British Consulate there.
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Plot 504 Edmund Jackson Aram Eldridge (1868-1916) (Commemorated here)
Edmund was born 8 December 1868 in Beirut, Syria (now in Lebanon).
His father George J Eldridge, a naval officer, was attached to the Head Quarters of the British Army in the Crimea from August 1855 till July 1856 and was present at the capture of Sebastopol. He received the Crimean Medal and was made Consul at Kertch, October 31, 1856. He was appointed to the charge of the British Cemeteries at Sebastopol in the Crimea, April 11, 1861 and was transferred as Consul to Erzeroom, December 8, 1862. George married Natalie (the daughter of Lieut, General Ratsch), born in Sebastopol in Sebastopol Cathedral in 1861. On April 29, 1863 he was appointed Consul-General in Syria, to reside at Beirut. Edmund was their eldest son and was to have had three sisters and three brothers.
In 1881 the family were living at 15, The Crescent, Bedford, but his father returned to his post as British Consul-General in Beirut and died there in January 1890. Natalie and the family moved to 1, Peak Hill Gardens, Sydenham, Kent.
In September 1890 Edmund applied for a clerkship in the Consular service and on 4 November that year was appointed to be consular clerk in the consulate at Smyrna.
He married Elfrida Evelina Augusta Constant, in Smyrna, Turkey c.1901/5 and in
1905, their only child, Cedric George, was born.
Edmund died 30 October 1916 at Canea, Crete aged 48. He was attached to the British Consulate there.
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