BORN HULL 1897. SON OF CHARLES HENRY & HARRIET BLYTH, AT 38, WELLINGTON LANE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN GOOLE. SERVED AS A LANCE CORPORAL, IN THE 7TH KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 22/07/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE SOMME, ON 01/09/1916, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, REBECCA. HIS PENSION WENT TO BOTH PARENTS AT 38 WELLINGTON LANE, HULL
HE BURIED AT FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 16/09/1916.
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
15574
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
01/09/1916
Place died:
Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Age:
19
38, WELLINGTON LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK, HU1 1UF
Place Buried
