BORN DRIFFIELD 1875. SON OF JOSEPH AND JANE HEBDON, OF BEVERLEY.
HE MARRIED AT BEVERLEY IN 1896. HUSBAND OF AMY HEBDON & 4 CHILDREN, AT 9, POPLAR TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL AND 2, EMMAS TERRACE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). A DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED HULL. FORMERLY, DRUMMER, 6537 15TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS 34090, KING’S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT, 1ST GARRISON BATTALION. TRANSFERRED AGAIN AS (35865) 803RD AREA EMPLOYMENT COMPANY, LABOUR CORPS. SERVED AT GALLIPOLI FROM 14/07/1915. DIED 02/10/1918, AGED 43.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, AMY. HE IS BURIED AT ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY, EGYPT.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE BEVERLEY WW1 MEMORIAL WHERE HE MARRIED AS “HEBDEN E.A.”
HIS BROTHERS, ENOCH SERVED IN THE ROYAL MARINES, AND STEPHEN HEBDON IN THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE WAR.
| Name | Ernest Albert Hebdon |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Duffield, Yorkshire |
| Death Date | 2 Oct 1918 |
| Death Place | Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Labour Corps |
| Regimental Number | 358065 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Egyptian Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 6537, E. Yorks Regt. |
