Ellington, Ebeneezer

BORN ISLEHAM, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, 1877. SON OF GEORGE ELLINGTON (1858-1931) AND ELIZABETH PAMMENT. RAISED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS. HE CAME TO HULL TO WORK AS A RULLYMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 36-38 INCHES TALL, 131 LBS WEIGHT, “GOOD” PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.

HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 25/12/1900. HIS WIFE, MARY ELLEN DIXON AND SIX CHILDREN, LIVED AN ALMOST NOMADIC EXISTENCE – 42 CENTRAL STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS), 8 NORFOLK TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL AND 1 LORNE TERRACE, LORNE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).

HE WAS A TIME EXPIRED TERRITORIAL WHO RE-ENLISTED ON 28/11/1914.  SERVED WITH THE HULL PALS, IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 39. HE HAD SPENT 1 YEAR AND 351 DAYS IN THE ARMY.
AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS WIDOW RECEIVED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 33 SHILLINGS FOR HER SIX CHILDREN. SHE MOVED TO 2 SARAH’S TERRACE, ALEXANDRA STREET, HULL AND THEN TO 26 WORSLEY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL. THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER ELSIE, DIED ON 16TH SEPT 1917 AND HER WAR PENSION WAS REDUCED ACCORDINGLY.

Serre, 13th November 1916


First name:
EBENEEZER
Military Number:
13/876
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
39
26 WORSLEY STREET, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK