BORN BEVERLEY 1880. ELDEST SON OF CLARA & LEONARD HENRY CHARLTON, OF 31 PARK AVENUE, HULL. A FORMER SOLDIER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE BOER WAR WITH THE YORKSHIRE HUSSARS. CALLED UP AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR & SERVED WITH THE SAME REGIMENT FOR TWO YEARS. GAZETTED TO THE EYR SOME MONTHS AGO. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 31/08/1918, AGED 37. COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, SOMME. HE LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILD. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 16TH APRIL 1918 WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
ERNEST HENRY
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Lieutenant
Date Died
31/03/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
37
