BORN SWINE 1898. SON OF WILLIAM ENGLAND (1861-1937) & ELEANOR KATE ENGLAND (1866-1941), FROM HILL FARM, SWINE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A FARMER WHO EMPLOYED FIVE LIVE IN STAFF (1911 CENSUS). ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, HENRY AND ARTHUR AND ONE SISTER, MARY. EDUCATED AT HYMERS COLLEGE, HULL AND RECORDED ON THEIR WW1 MEMORIAL.
HE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE 3RD KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. WAS ATTACHED TO THE 7TH BATTALION WHEN KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/09/1916, AGED 18. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME, FRANCE. ALSO RECORDED ON THE SWINE ROLL OF HONOUR.
First name:
ERNEST WILLIAM
Rank:
1st Lieutenant
Date Died
26/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
18
