Ernest was born in Hempnall, Norfolk and was Baptised on 4th Dec 1897.
He served in 5th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light infantry.
He died in a hospital in England on 6th December 1918 aged 22 and just 8 months after he was married.
Ernest’s Grave in Garforth Cemetery. Plot D443
This grave is shared with Kenneth Lincoln who was killed in WW2
Family History
- Father William born 1863 in Norfolk
- Mother Emma Born 1871 in Norfolk
- Brother Sydney Born 1893 in Norfolk
- Brother Reginald Born 1894 in Norfolk
- Brother William Born 1895 in Norfolk
- Ernest born 1897 in Norfolk
- Brother Albert Born 1898 in Norfolk
- 1901 Family had moved to Town St. Barwick
- Father worked as Joiner at the colliery
- Sister Bertha born 1900 in Barwick
- Sister Ethel born 1902
- Brother Wallace born 1907
- 1911 family living at 6 Strawberry Terr. in Garforth.
- 1918 13th April Married 21yr old Nellie Gibbon
- Lived at Poplar House, Church La.
- Nellie’s father was Charles William Gibbon a plate layer.
- 1918 Dec Ernest Died
- 1939 Nellie Living 21 Kendall Terrace, Little Woodhouse in Leeds
- 1960 Nellie died in Q4 aged 64