Private 81693 Ernest CHANDLER

South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 81693 Ernest Thomas CHANDLER - 87th Company Machine Gun Corps

Killed in Action Monday May 14th, 1917 aged 29

Military History


Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Arras Memorial

Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
3 Mar 1917	~	Shottery War Memorial
		Stratford on Avon WW1 Memorial
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Stratford Holy Trinity Church
Battle of Bullecourt (Arras)	30 Aug 1916 at Stratford on Avon	Stratford Cemetery Memorial

Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
nr Monchy	Private 21847 Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Service History

Trained at Parkhurst IOW between 10 Oct 1916 and 2 Mar 1917
Transferred to Machine Gun Corp on 4 Apr 1917
Previously Wounded on 23 Apr 1917

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

Ernest is listed as killed in action on 14th May 1917. The 87th Company war diary entries for the period 13th to 16th are transcribed below and it appeards that Ernest's machine gun was hit by shell fire killing him and 2 others.

Monchy Sector - 13.5.1917: Company marched from Duisan to the trenches (Monchy sector) relieving 8^th, 9^th and 76^th M.G. Company’s.

1 officer evacuated sick to UK (struck off strength)

Monchy Sector - 14.5.1917: 1 Machine Gun blown up by shell fire – 3 O.R. killed & 1 O.R wounded.

Monchy Sector - 15.5.1917: No diary entry made

Monchy Sector - 16.5.1917: Casualties 1 OR killed and 1 OR wounded.

Personal & Family History

Birth Date/Place	Bapitsm Date/Place
Jul Qtr 1886	~

Parents Names	Abode
William & Hannah	Stratford on Avon

Wife & Marriage Date/Place	Children & Year of Birth
Jessica Chandler nee Tame	Ernest Edward born 21 Sep 1911
7 Dec 1910 at Gaydon	Reginald James born 1 May 1913

Schools	Colleges
	~

Address History	Employment History
1891 - 4 New Street, Old Stratford 1901 - 60 Waterside, Stratford 1911 - 39 Shottery Road, Shottery 1916 - 8 Evesham Road, Stratford on Avon 1917 - 14 Holtom Street, Stratford-on-Avon	1901 - Errand Boy 1905 - Gondelier on River Avon to Marie Corelli 1911 - Gardener 1916 - Gardener

Ernest was famous for being the first English Gondelier and he worked on the River Avon for the English author Mary Mackay better known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli.

Ernest and Gondola

Photograph of Ernest in Uniform courtesy of

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