BORN HULL 1896. SON OF MR & MRS CHARLES SMITH, OF CLEVELAND STREET, MILE END, LONDON. A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY WORKER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 4128 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTON, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 20. COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, MAUD, BROTHERS, CHARLES AND STEPHEN, AND TO THOMAS LUDDITT.
First name:
ERNEST
Military Number:
34870
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
20
