BORN HULL 1893. SON OF SAMUEL STOCKS (1852-1925) & MARTHA HEMPSALL (1857-1935), OF RAILWAY INN, THORPE ON HILL, LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF AN INNKEEPER. HE WORKED AS A RAILWAY PORTER. HE ENLISTED IN LINCOLN. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 11741, 8TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 22. UNMARRIED HE LEFT SIBLINGS, EDITH MARY AND GEORGE WILLIAM STOCKS.
HE IS BURIED AT ST SEVER MILITARY CEMETERY, ROUEN, FRANCE. HIS GARVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN”
First name:
ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
11741
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/10/1915
Place died:
St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Age:
22
RAILWAY INN, THORPE ON HILL, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE, EAST MIDLANDS
