BORN DRIFFIELD 1896. SON OF WILLIAM GARTON (1870-1943) & LIZZIE COWLING (1868-1917), OF 14, GORDON AVENUE, WOODCOCK STREET, HULL AND 1, CARLISLE AVENUE, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A RAILWAY RULLYMAN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 8TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/10/1916, AGED 20.
BURIED AT ST SEVER CEMETERY, ROUEN, FRANCE.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
First name:
ERNEST WILLIAM
Military Number:
34299
Rank:
Private
Date Died
10/10/1916
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
20
1, CARLISLE AVENUE, ALBEMARLE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
