Edwin VerdunSMITH (Known as Danny)Known as Danny 26th February 1916 - 14th April 2020 Passed away peacefully in Ward Green Lodge Residential Care Home Barnsley on 14 April 2020 age 104 years, with his daughter Elaine by his side. Danny was a determined man, a veteran of Dunkirk and the North Africa campaign, he worked for over 40 years, most of his career, in the Charnos factory in Ilkeston, retiring as Hosiery Production Director in 1981. He was a keen and popular cricketer who captained the first XI at Shipley Hall CC. He remained President of the club until his passing. Originally from Quorn in Leicestershire, he lived with his first wife Ivy, in Cotmanhay and then Sandiacre. After Ivy's death he remarried and lived in Chilwell with Betty. He was predeceased by his son Norman. He will be greatly missed by his daughter Elaine and son-in-law Ray, his grandchildren Ben and Eleanor their spouses, Janthi and Dominic, and his great grandchildren, Phoebe, Alice, Neve and Edwin, stepson Adrian and his wife Rose, and everyone who knew and loved him. Because of the unprecedented restrictions resulting from Covid-19 there will be a private cremation, to be followed in due course by a celebration of his life, details of which will be notified through the press when it is permitted to do so. If you wish to, contact by email inforedanny@gmail.com
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