BORN HULL 1889. SECOND SON OF SAMUEL LEYMAN (1843-1914) & ELIZABETH JANE CAWLEY (1841-1919), OF 8 LAUREL GROVE, BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). A SHIP ENGINEER (FITTER). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 14/07/1916, AGED 27. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING ON THE SOMME.
HE LEFT £89 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, AT THIS PROBATE ADDRESS.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 13TH SEPTEMBER 1916. *
HE IS RECORDED AS MISSING, ON THE SOUTH BOULEVARD ROLL OF HONOUR, HULL (Hull Daily Mail 11 October 1916).
First name:
ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
22091
Rank:
Private
Date Died
14/07/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
27
