Soldiers Died in the Great War states that he enlisted in Amble.
"By the Green of the Spring" A tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War:; J.H. Hardy; 2004; Amble Social History Group.
Thomas Edwards is remembered in Chevington on C27.01 and C27.02, in East Chevington on E7.01 and in the Battalion History