BORN HULL 1898 SON OF WILLIAM & ADA MARIE DOBBS & 6 CHILDREN AT SAME ADDRESS. SECOND OF SIX CHILDREN. A SAW MILL LABOURER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 16/02/1916, AGED 18. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 1.5 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST. THIS WAS HIS ARMY ADDRESS. SERVED WITH THE 2ND BATTALION, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. PROMOTED CORPORAL. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 21/03/1918, AGED 20. HE I COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL. HIS NAME IS ALSO LISTED ON CLIFTON STREET SCHOOL MEMORIAL, HULL
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
250861
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
