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EDGOOSE, Burt Walter (1901-1989)
Burt Walter EDGOOSE was born on 25 May 1901 at 57 Perowne Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, son of Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, master builder, and his wife Naomi EDGOOSE formerly MILES. The informant on 6 July 1901 was his father, W. L. EDGOOSE of 57 Perowne Street.
(GRO June Q 1901 [MILES] Farnham 02A 116)
Walter Leeder EDGOOSE had married Naomi MILES at Aldershot on 14 July 1897.
The 1911 census of Albion Works, Church Lane, Aldershot, Hampshire:
Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, head, aged 39, builder and joinery manufacturer, born at Walsoken, Norfolk;
Naomi Edgoose, wife, married 13 years, aged 37, born at Aldershot;
Edith Naomi EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 12, at school, born at Aldershot;
*Burt Walter EDGOOSE, son, aged 9, born at Aldershot;
Frank Arthur EDGOOSE, son, aged 6, born at Aldershot;
Winifred Maud Julia EDGOOSE, daughter, aged 4, born at Aldershot;
Raymond Thomas James EDGOOSE, son, aged 2, born at Aldershot.
(RG14PN3117/RG78PN113/RD34/SD2/ED8)
He was educated at West End School and Aldershot County High School. At the early age of 16 he entered Manchester University where he studied under Sir Ernest RUTHERFORD (later Lord RUTHERFORD), the first man to split the atom. He obtained a First Class Honours Degree in engineering in 1921. The electoral rolls for 1920 and 1921 show that he was living at Hulme Hall, Oxford Place, Rusholme, Lancashire. Perhaps student accomodation.
The Aldershot News 8 July 1921:
"HIGH SCIENCE HONOURS WON BY ALDERSHOT BOY
The congratulations of a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances will be offered to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. EDGOOSE on the brilliant success of their eldest son in the recent science examination at the Victoria University of Manchester, he haviving been granted the degree of Bachelor of Science (Engineering) with first-class honours. Mr. Burt W. EDGOOSE is but twenty years of age, and his achievement marks him out as an engineering expert of pronounced ability. He was born and educateed in Aldershot, passing the London Matriculation examination while attending the Aldershot County School four years ago, and then going to Owen College to study for his degree. His remarkable success is the more pronounced when it is remembered that the mejority (sic) of the promising engineering students in the country go to Manchester for their degrees, and to come out on top in such a class is evidence of extraordinary skill and ability. Mr. Burt EDGOOSE was granted in addition the only Graduate Scholarship in mechanical engineering. He has in his studies specialised in hydraulics. Aldershot feels proud indeed of its gifted townsman in his marked success".
It is said that he was encouraged to apply to the Indian Civil Service but his father Walter Leeder EDGOOSE forbade it.
He married Eleanor May ARNOLD, daughter of William John and Alice ARNOLD, at Aldershot Parish Church on 27 April 1929. She was a 25 year old spinster, living at North View, Park Road, Aldershot, and the daughter of William John ARNOLD, a traveller (i.e. a travelling salesman). Burt EDGOOSE was a 27 year old bachelor, a timber merchant, living at Dungannon, Highfield Avenue, Aldershot, and son of Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, a timber merchant. Witnesses were Naomi EDGOOSE and William John ARNOLD.
(GRO June 1929 Farnham 2a 309)
The Aldershot News 3 May 1929:
"EDGOOSE-ARNOLD. - On April 27th, 1929, at St. Michael's Church, Aldershot, by the Rev. Canon Le Fleming, John (sic), eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. EDGOOSE, of Dungannon, Highfield-avenue, Aldershot, to Lena, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. ARNOLD, of Park-road, Aldershot".
The Aldershot News 3 May 1929:
" ALDERSHOT WEDDING MISS E.W. ARNOLD - MR. B.W. EDGOOSE
Many relatives and friends of both families were present at the Aldershot Parish Church on Saturday, on the occasion of the wedding of Miss Eleanor May ARNOLD, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. ARNOLD, of North View, Park-road, Aldershot, who was married to Mr. Burt W. EDGOOSE, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. EDGOOSE, of Dungannon, Highfield-avenue, Aldershot. The Rev. Canon H. Le FLEMING, Vicar of Aldershot, conducted the service, and Mr. G. GOODWIN, at the organ, played appropriate music.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pretty dress of pink georgette, bordered with powder blue and adorned with hand-painted flowers. She wore a blue straw hat and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Her sister (Mary) was the only bridesmaid, and wore a dress of powder blue crepe suede with hat to match, and carried a sheaf of irises. Mr. R. EDGOOSE (brother) acted as best man.
After the service the reception was held in the Parish Hall, about ninety friends being entertained, and later in the afternoon the happy pair, who were the recipients of a host of good wishes and many handsome gifts, left for a motor tour in Devonshire, the bride travelling in a brown tailored costume, with fur".
From 1929 until his death he lived at Beggar's Roost, Northbrook Road, Aldershot. He is listed at that address in Drew's Aldershot & Farnborough Directory for 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938; and in Kent's Service Ltd.'s Aldershot Directory at 27 Northbrooke Road in 1955-56.
His son Stanton John EDGOOSE was born on 4 January 1931, followed by David Burt EDGOOSE on 13 August 1934. Aldershot News 17 August 1934: "EDGOOSE - On August 13th, to Lena, the wife of Burt W. EDGOOSE of Beggars Roost, Aldershot, a Son".
He became a director of W.L. Edgoose & Sons Ltd. in 1938 and succeeded his father as chairman in 1957.
From the 1939 Register of Beggars Roost, Northbrook Road, Aldershot M.B., Hampshire:
*Burt W. EDGOOSE, born 25 May 1901, married, director & manager timber merchant, Head ARP Warden;
Eleanor M. EDGOOSE, born 21 February 1904, married, unpaid domestic duties;
2 CLOSED RECORDS
(RG101/2314E/012/31)
He was Aldershot's chief air raid warden during the 1939-1945 war.
He was elected to Aldershot Borough Council in 1940, served on the Council continuously for 33 years, and retired when Aldershot was merged into Rushmoor in 1973.
He was appointed a magistrate in 1950, eventually becoming deputy chairman of the Aldershot Bench.
He was chairman of the Aldershot Hospital Management Committee and of the Area Education Committee. He was also a governor of several local schools.
A Freemason, he wrote 'A Short History of the Panmure Lodge, No. 723 Aldershot' which was published in 1957 (60pp, illustrated, Masonic Museum call number BE166(723)EDG). The list of members shows that he was initiated in 1926, was Worshipful Master in 1943, Provincial Junior Grand Warden in 1951, Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies 1953-1957, P.A.G.D.C. in 1956, Treasurer 1946-1957, and Director of Ceremonies in 1946. The book contains a photograph of him in his Masonic regalia and a chapter on W. Bro. Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, P.P.S.G.W.
To quote R. W. Bro. W.G. ATTENBOROUGH, M.B., B.S., Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, in his Foreword to the text of the book:
"In the later chapters, the writer has given a list of several names of those who have rendered great service both to the Craft in general and to Panmure Lodge in particular, but, amongst that number, with innate modesty, he has omitted his own. W. Bro. B. W. EDGOOSE, B.Sc., J.P., the worthy son of a worthy father, after a distinguished career in the Lodge, was appointed Junior Warden of the Province in 1951 and Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies in the Grand Lodge of England in 1956. In 1953, he was appointed Provincial Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies, an office which he still holds."
An Index of the Will of Walter Leeder EDGOOSE (1871-1957):
01*Walter Leeder EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Naomi EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator, executor.
03 Edith Naomi EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator, executor.
04*Burt Walter EDGOOSE, son of the Testator, executor.
05 Raymond Thomas James EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
06 Winnifred [sic] Maud Julia EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
07 Julia May EDGOOSE, sister of the Testator.
08 Frank Arthur EDGOOSE, son of the Testator.
09 O. M. FOSTER, Solicitor.
10 Pearl V. McLELLAND, Solicitor's clerk.
"Edgoose, Burt Walter, B.Sc. Engineering I 1921"
(University of Manchester, Register of Graduates and Holders of Diplomas and Certificates, 1851-1958)
From a letter to Burt's grandson Julian Miles EDGOOSE:
"The biggest regret I have is refusing point blank to go to Burt's 70th birthday party because I was too busy building a house. He actually drove to Kingsley Green to ask us to come and still I refused when he told me that I was the only one of my generation for whom he felt any affinity. We used to have so much to talk about, family history, the design of timber structures, timber in general, and so many other things, but I have never had any other male friend who comes close to the esteem in which I held him. I knew him so much better than I ever knew my father."
(Michael James EDGOOSE to Julian Miles EDGOOSE, 28 August 2017)
Burt Walter EDGOOSE, timber merchant (retired), of 27 Northbrook Road, Aldershot, died at Sunways Nursing Home, Manor Road, Aldershot, Hampshire, on 20 April 1989 at the age of 87. The informant on 21 April was his son Stanton John EDGOOSE of Goostrey, Paddock Drive, Pulford Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Cause of death was Ia) Cardiac Failure b) Myocardial Degeneration c) Senility II Mitral Stenosis
(GRO April 1989 NE Hants 20 0484)
Daily Telegraph 24 April 1989:
"EDGOOSE. - On April 20, 1989, in Aldershot, Burt Walter, aged 87 years. Husband of the late Eleanor May EDGOOSE and father of John and David. A much loved father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Funeral service at St. Michael's Church, Aldershot, on Friday April 28 at 12 noon, followed by private cremation".
An Index of the Will of Burt Walter EDGOOSE (1901-1989).
01*Burt Walter EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 Stanton John EDGOOSE, executor.
03 David Burt EDGOOSE, executor.
04 Marshalls, solicitors.
(District Probate Registry, Winchester)
"EDGOOSE, Burt Walter of 27 Northbrook Rd Aldershot Hants died 20 April 1989 Probate Winchester 14 September £ 73,698"
(National Probate Calendar 1989)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1. In response to the question whether Julia Hannah EDGOOSE formerly LEEDER once lived at The Stores, Edward Street, Aldershot, he wrote: "early in this century, yes. Now 19 Lime St at corner of Lime St & Edward St. My grandfather MILES lived there. He moved to York Road early 1900's and Julia Hannah took over. Subsequently she lived at 57 Peroune [sic] St where Walter & Naomi had lived and where I was born".
(Scanned document in file)
2. An index to EDGOOSE references in "Panmure Lodge No. 723 1857-1957:
EDGOOSE, Burt W. Title Page opposite photograph; v; vi; 3; 6; 21; 24; 29; 33; 40; 52.
EDGOOSE, W.L. Page 16; 18; 21; 24; 27; 33; 50.
EDGOOSE, Mrs. Page 33.
(revised 09.02.2026)
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