Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Martinsart British Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
May 1916	~	Temple Grafton
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date & Place Enlisted/Mobilised	Other War Memorials
Local actions on the Somme	Jan 1915 at Stratford on Avon
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
north of Pozieres	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

On the 10th Dec 1916 the Battalion had relieved the 7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment in the trenches in the Moquet Farm sector. On the 12th Dec it had snowed in the night and the enemy shelled Ravine and Regina trenches and C company took over a post from the 5th Warwicks in Hessian trench. A newspaper report in the Stratford Herald on 12 Jan 1917 states that Ernest was transport driver for the 2nd/7th and was killed by a shell while driving two mules laden with rations to the front.

Battalion Positions on 12 Dec 1916	Martinsart Cemetery