BORN COTTINGHAM 1876. SON OF JAMES ELLIS (1842-1928) & ELIZABETH ELLIS (1841-1931), AT THIS ADDRESS. A FAMILY BUTCHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 03/09/1916, AGED 40, AT THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, JAMES.
HE IS BURIED IN FRANCE. HE IS RECORDED AS KILLED ON THE HULL’S NORWOOD STREET, SHRINE (HDM 27/10/1916).
First name:
ERNEST JAMES
Military Number:
4339
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/09/1916
Place died:
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France
Age:
40
181 , SPRING BANK WEST, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
