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Bertha Edge
Bertha Edge
Bertha Edge on her 110th birthday in 2017.
Unvalidated

Bertha Edge (2 May 1907 – 22 May 2017) was a British supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group.

Biography

Bertha Edge was born in 1907 in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. She worked in an ammunitions factory during the Second World War, and was married to Levi Edge, a bricklayer. She enjoyed playing bowls.

Edge spent her 100th birthday on a cruise in the Mediterranean. As of 2017, she has a living 91-year-old brother, Cyril, who was in the navy during the war and recently received the Legion d’Honneur medal from France for his service.

Bertha Edge died in Ellesmere Port on 22 May 2017, at the age of 110 years, 20 days.

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