Reginald Owen Edwards (17 October 1881 – 15 November 1925) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Edwards was born at Great Yarmouth. He served in the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant with the King's Royal Rifle Corps in September 1914. He was made a temporary lieutenant in December 1914, before being made a temporary captain in August 1915. He was transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps in November 1915. By December 1917, he was serving with the Tank Corps, ceasing to belong to the Corps in July 1919, when he was transferred to the Royal Engineers. He was badly gassed in the war. He was made a temporary major in August 1919, before relinquishing his commission in March 1920.