BORN STOCKTON, DURHAM, 1886. SON OF AGNES WOODCOCK. HIS WIFE KATE & TWO SONS, LIVED AT 4 NORTON GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL. A HOUSE PAINTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 4/16826, 61ST TRAINING BATTALION. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT THE ST JOHNS AMBULANCE HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 07/02/1918, AGED 32. HE LEFT £272 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, KATE AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, IN FRANCE, READS, “A LOVING HUSBAND FAITHFUL AND KIND TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN”
First name:
ERNEST ROBERT
Military Number:
43755
Rank:
Private
Date Died
07/02/1918
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
32
1 CLOVELLY AVENUE, DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
