BORN PATRINGTON 1893. SON OF WILLIAM & MARY MELTON WHO LIVED AT 22 , EMPRINGHAM STREET, HULL (CWGC AND ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SON OF A GENERAL LABOURER. HIS BROTHERS, JOHN AND ALBERT AND SISTERS, LOUISE AND EDITH ALSO LIVED AROUND THE HEDON ROAD AREA. HE WAS UNMARRIED AND WORKED AS A GROCER’S ASSISTANT. HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 28/10/1915. ARRIVED FRANCE 05/07/1916. POSTED TO THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF TRENCH NEPHRITIS (KIDNEY INFECTION), ON 27/11/1916, 10AM, AT THE NEW ZEALAND STATIONARY HOSPITAL. HE IS BURIED AT THE SOMME.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ALBERT MELTON, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, DIED OF WOUNDS, IN HULL HOSPITAL, ON 20/12/1915, AGED 26 AND IS BURIED AT HULL HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
First name:
ERNEST WILSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
30891
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/11/1916
Place died:
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France
Age:
23
