This website is dedicated to Pvt. Philip Edwards, the great-great-grandson of Boston cooper Benjamin Edwards.

Phil's Room - Phil's Family - The Edwards Home - The Locket - Counting the Stars - The Package - Ella

Phil in uniform. A recreation of Phil's farewell letter. Hear Phil's letter. The 26th Returns to Boston. Full Military Honors.

Click here to view a panoramic photo of the members of Company H, 102nd Infantry Regiment taken at Yale Field in New Haven, Connecticut in 1917. Phil and the other members of Company H became part of Boston's 26th "Yankee" Division. This photo was taken by Curtiss Studios of New Haven, Connecticut. Special thanks to the Library of Congress for the use of this photo.