BORN ROTHERHAM 1895. HUSBAND OF EMILY BROOKS, AT 18, MARFLEET TERRACE, CRAVEN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 2, CLAREMONT AVENUE, FIELD STREET, HULL (war pension address).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EYR. KILLED IN ACTION ON 01/07/1916, AGED 23. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 05/10/1916 & 21/10/1916. HIS WIDOW, EMILY, RECEIVED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, OF 13/9, ON 9TH APRIL 1917.
HE DIED THE SAME DAY AS PTE, JOSEPH COOPER, 8283, 1ST EYR, FROM THE SAME CRAVEN STREET.
First name:
ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
11078
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
23
