South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 20308 Ernest Edward GURDEN - 16th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Died of Wounds on Sunday May 13th, 1917 aged 22

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Military History

     
Theatre of War Medals Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension 
     
Arrived in Theatre Medal Citation (if app) SWFHS Area Memorials
After May 1916 ~ Harbury
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed Date and Place Enlisted Date Other War Memorials
Battle of Arras After May 1916 at Southam ~
     
Place of Death Previous Regiments or Units  
30th or 42nd CCS at Aubigny ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Ernest was most likely wounded between the 4th and the 13th May 1917 when the battalion were in lines at Arleux and there were 82 men wounded during that time. He would have been taken to the either the 30th or 42nd Casualty Clearing Station which were both in Aubigny at that the time he died.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/Place Bapitsm Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1895 Harbury Methodist Church ?
   
Parents Names Parents Abode
Thomas (deceased) and Sarah Gurden Bull Ring Farm, Harbury
   
Wife & Marriage Date/Place Children & Year of Birth
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Schools Colleges
Wagstaff Infants School ~
Wight School, Harbury  
   
Address History Employment History
1901 - 37 Mill Street, Harbury 1911 - Employed on fathers farm
1911 - Bull Ring Farm, Harbury  
1916 - Bull Ring Farm, Harbury  
 
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Ernest with his mother Sarah