LANCE CORPORAL HARRY UBERT EDMANS
LONDON REGIMENT, THE RANGERS
14TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AGE 19
BURIED: ST SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, FRANCE
"No Cross, No Crown" is the title of a book by the early Quaker, William Penn (1644-1718). The purpose of Penn's book was "to show the nature and discipline of the holy cross of Christ; and that the denial of self ... is alone the way to the ... Kingdom of God." For nineteen-year-old Harry Edmans, and for all 'the brave', death in battle would have been seen as the ultimate in self-denial.
His inscription was confirmed by his sister, Marian Edmans, although his parents, James Ubert, a house painter, and Sabrina Edmans were both still alive.