South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 103375 Ernest Howard FORD - 173rd Company Labour Corps


Died on Friday, August 3, 1917 aged 41


Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After August 1917 ~ Coughton  |  Sambourne
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Other War Memorials
Died of tetanus After 4 Aug 1917 at Warwick  
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
CCS at Etricourt Pvt 56093 Devonshire Regiment   
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

According to his pension card Ernest died of Tetanus at either the 21st or 48th Casualty Clearing Station

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
Jan Qtr 1875 at Inkberrow ~
   
Parents Names Parents Abode
Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Ford Perry Mill Lane, Sambourne
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
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Schools Colleges
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Address History Employment History                       
1881 - Inkberrow  1881 - Scholar
1891 - Taper Street, Inkberrow 1891 - Wheelwright Apprentice                 
1901 - Avonvale Terrace, Evesham 1901 - Sawyer at Saw Mill
1911 - 16 Smithfield Crescent, Birmingham 1911 - Fish and Fruit Hawker
1917 - Perry Mill Lane, Sambourne (parents)