BORN WILLERBY 1890. SON OF ELIZABETH BOTTERILL (1865-1938) & FRED DINSDALE (1865-1922), OF CHURCH COTTAGES, CHURCH LANE, KIRK ELLA (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY WORKER. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN. BROTHER JOHN AND SISTERS HILDA, ESTHER AND ADRIENNE.
HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. SERVED IN INDIA WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE RESIDED IN HULL. ENLISTED AT MARKET WEIGHTON. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/01/1915. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/02/1915, AGED 25. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, FRED.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE KIRK ELLA WAR MEMORIAL.
First name:
GEORGE ERNEST
Military Number:
8615
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/02/1915
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
25
CHURCH COTTAGES, CHURCH LANE, KIRK ELLA, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
