BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD BARNARD HALL & EMMA FOWLER WRIGHT, OF 38 CAROLINE PLACE, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 13 NORWOOD STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND BARTON. SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HE WORKED AS A WHOLESALE DRYSALTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST,
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST. CALLED UP ON 20/06/1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25858, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 19TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/03/1918, AGED 27. BURIED IN FRANCE.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, EMMA, WHO MOVED TO 27 MARSH LANE, BARTON UPON HUMBER.
First name:
ERNEST AITKIN
Military Number:
375925
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/03/1918
Place died:
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
27
13 , NORWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
