Captain Arthur Noel Edwards was an English polo player who was an alternate in the 1911 and 1913 International Polo Cup.
Occupation
polo player
Born
December 10, 1883
Died
May 25, 1915
Overview
Captain Arthur Noel Edwards (10 December 1883 – 25 May 1915) was an English polo player who participated in the 1911 and 1913 International Polo Cup as an alternate.
Origins
He was born on 10 December 1883, the second son of Arthur Edwards of Beech Hill Park, Waltham Abbey, Essex, by his wife Hilda Tennant, a daughter of Robert Tennant (1828–1900) of Chapel House in the parish of Conistone, Yorkshire, Member of Parliament for Leeds. His brother was the cricketer Guy Janion Edwards (1881–1962).
Career
Arthur Noel Edwards participated in the 1911 and 1913 International Polo Cup at the Meadowbrook Polo Club as an alternate.
He was a Captain in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and died in World War I on 25 May 1915 as the result of a poison gas attack by the Germans during the Second Battle of Ypres. He was buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
