BORN HULL 1891. SON OF ISSAC & JANE HOFFMAN, OF 92 AND 51 COURTNEY STREET, HULL . A GLAZIER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. POSTED TO THE 2/5TH DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (WEST RIDING) REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 20/07/1918, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE SOISSONS MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW DORA.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE DEHLI STREET MEMORIAL. ALSO ON THE HULL JEWISH COMMUNITY ROLL OF HONOUR, WITH HIS COUSIN, PRIVATE, JOSEPH ANNOWITCH, EX DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY WHO LIVED AT 68 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL, AND DIED ON 03/12/1918, AGED 21.
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
242789
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/07/1918
Place died:
Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Age:
27
51 , COURTNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried