Another one is gone.

[mr.e moose]

It was brought to my attention on a other forum that we have lost one of the Milsurp communities valuable members. Tony Edwards has passed. Condolences to his family and he will be missed.

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[RobD]

That is very sad; Tony will indeed be missed. He was a fine man: kind, knowledgeable, generous, cheerful.

[Roger Payne]

I would echo those sentiments. I had the pleasure of working with Tony on a battlefield archaeological project last year - he knew what his outlook was even then, but he worked just as hard & as diligently as ever; always approachable & helpful regardless.

[Gingercat]

Very sad news indeed and sincere condolences to his family and friends.

I only met Tony once, at one of his lectures on the SMLE at an HBSA meeting in London, but I have his (well thumbed) books on the .303 cartridge and have been a keen follower of the very helpful, expert information he has cheerfully provided on several collecting forums.

Mike

[Warren]

Tony will be missed. Tony and I had coffee in March after an HBSA meetings and he knew his prognosis then but was still getting ready for a trip to the USA to attend a cartridge meeting.
Tony was a real gentleman and his knowledge in British arms and ammunition was limitless. I met him many many years ago at one of Herb Woodend's "meet and BS suppers" where all the greats of arms collecting use to turn up. The crowd ran from Tony Edwards to DeWitt Bailey, Norman Bonney, Ian Skennerton, Tony Taylerson, the Ezells, Dolf Goldsmith, Dan Shey, Robert Segel, John Cross, the crowd from "The Tower', National Army Museum, IWM, Duxford and most of the other military museums were represented at one time or another at one of the suppers. I've just gone blank on the number of people I met through Tony and Herbie. The list however, just goes on and on, and a great number of us kept in touch over the years. Tony and I stayed in touch over the years and we always had a pint or two at Beltring with the 40 to 50 other old reprobates that used to turn up.
I supplied information and photo's to Tony, along with a great many others, for some of his books and he was always grateful for any contribution and you always got a note or a copy of the book thanking you.
I'm kind of at a lose for words right now, as I just got the call today that he had passed away, but was anticipating the call as he was not expected to make last weekend.
Rest in Peace old friend.....

[Kev G]

A bloody good bloke,a pleasure and honour to have known him.

Kevin

[Surpmil]

What a shame, one could see just from his online posts that he was in a league of his own. So much knowledge that was probably never recorded and is now lost(?)

[Gingercat]

So much knowledge that was probably never recorded and is now lost(?)

I really hope not - as well as having books in print, Tony had a pretty comprehensive website, which I hope will not be lost to fellow collectors:-

British Military Small Arms Ammo

[Surpmil]

I really hope not - as well as having books in print, Tony had a pretty comprehensive website, which I hope will not be lost to fellow collectors:-

British Military Small Arms Ammo

I would hope not also, but based on what we see here and some other places online, one can tell that much more remains "behind the veil" with some people. And as for books, one likewise gets the impression that only a fraction of what a person may know finds its way into those as well. So it goes...this is why so much is lost that we don't even know how much we don't know!

[Beerhunter]

A truly lovely man. It was pleasure and an honour to have known him.