BORN HULL, 1890. SON OF GEORGE WILLIAM ELLERINGTON (1867-1919) & CLARA DOROTHY RODGERS (1868-1938), OF 1, AIGBURTH AVENUE, ST GEORGES ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 29. MASSEY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A SHIP STEWARD. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. HE LIVED AT A 4, NORTHUMBERLAND VILLAS, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL. A REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER, WHEN WAR BEGAN. HE HAD SERVED IN INDIA. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/11/1914. SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 9143, 15/17TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 30/06/1918, AGED 27. HE IS BURIED AT THE LONGUENESSE (ST OMAR) CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, HERBERT THOMAS ELLERINGTON, WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE STEAMSHIP “TREWYN”, ON 24/03/1916, AGED 23. BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
ANOTHER BROTHER JAMES CRESSEY ELLERINGTON, WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE S/S “SAN FLORENTINO”, IN 1941, DURING WW2, AGED 49.
HIS PARENTS MOVED TO 255 MOORLAND ROAD, SPLOTT, CARDIFF, AFTER THE WAR,
