2nd Lieutenant Edwin Cecil Russell CHRISTMAS (known as “Cecil”) – Written by Tara Doel
Cecil was born in Southampton, on 13th January 1886, the second child of Edwin CHRISTMAS born in Alton and Margaret Abigail CHRISTMAS (née Russell) who was born in Portchester. On his Cecil’s birth certificate, his names are recorded as Edwin Vincent Russell CHRISTMAS, but when he was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Portchester on 22nd…