BORN HULL 1886. SON OF SARAH AND WILLIAM BECK. ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. HE HAD SIX SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A MARINE FIREMAN IN HULL. HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE SYLVIA, AT THIS (1911 CENSUS) ADDRESS & LATER MOVED TO ST PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX. HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. SERVED AS PRIVATE, F/252, 17TH DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE’S OWN (MIDDLESEX) REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/11/1915. KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 30. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
F/252
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
30
