BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM & MARGARET HANNAH BLANCHARD, OF 10 WINDSOR TERRACE AND 5 CITY GROVE, HARROW STREET, HULL. FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, SANDERSON’S PAINT WORKS AS A LABOURER. HIS WIFE ELLEN (COOK) LIVED AT 3 OLIVE GROVE, HARROW STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS. SERVED IN EGYPT WITH THE 11TH EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. TRANSFERRED TO ‘B’ COMPANY, 7TH EYR BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 20/04/1917. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELLEN.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 09/05/1917 AND 22/04/1918.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, PERCY BLANCHARD, EYR, WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 17/06/1916, AGED 23.
First name:
ERNEST EDWARD
Military Number:
11/1187
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
20/04/1917
Place died:
Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
26
3 OLIVE GROVE, HARROW STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
