BORN LEEDS 1891. SON OF GEORGE AND MARTHA ELIZABETH STAMP (1851-1911) OF, 4, BETA VILLAS, MAYFIELD STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A HULL CORPORATION LABOURER
ERNEST ALSO WORKED FOR THE HULL CORPORATION, AS AN ELECTRIC CAR CONDUCTOR. HE WAS A TRAMWAY MOTORMAN, ON THE BEVERLEY ROAD ROUTE, FOR EIGHT YEARS.
HE MARRIED EVA LE COUTEUR, AT ST MARYS. SCULCOATES, HULL, IN 1914. SHE WAS A SWEET SHOP ASSISTANT, BORN IN JERSY, CHANNEL ISLANDS. LIVING AT 27 FOLESTONE STREET, HULL. THEY LIVED AT, 7, PEMBERTON GARDENS, FOLKESTONE STREET, HULL AND HER FAMILY HOME ADDRESS, 27, FOLKESTONS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED AS A GUNNER, IN THE 317TH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. SHOT BY SNIPER. DIED IN ACTION,ON 14/11/1916, AGED 25.
COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, SOMME.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON, 30/11/1916, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
WRNEST STAMP IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL ,AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
