BORN WILLERBY 1893. SON OF ANNIE ELIZABETH KENNINGTON (1857-1926) & WILLIAM HENRY COLLISHAW (1853-1904) OF 1 NORTHFIELD, HESSLE.
SON OF A GARDNER. YOUNGEST OF FOUR BROTHERS, WHO ALL SERVED IN THE WAR. A BRUSH MAKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HESSLE. FORMERLY, GUNNER, 140775, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE TRANSFERRED AS PRIVATE, 26166, 18TH AND 1ST BATTALION, LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS. HE WAS AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL (MM) & BAR, FOR BRAVERY. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 17/10/1918, AGED 25.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFTTO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, ANNIE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH (98 NAMES).
HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM, AT DADIZEELE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SAFE IN GOD’S KEEPING”.
First name:
ERNEST EDWARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
26166
Rank:
Private
Date Died
17/10/1918
Place died:
Dadizeele New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
1 NORTHFIELD, HESSLE, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
