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Ernest Short

Details

Forename Ernest
Surname Short
Middle Name
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph & St John's Memorial, Hindley
Age 26
Address Brother's address - 601 Atherton Road
Parents' Address
Township Hindley Green
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Priestners Pit, Westleigh and later was a warehouseman at Hindley Co-op
Regiment East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Batt
Day of Death 18
Month of Death August
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Thiepval Memorial
Regiment Number 18689
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Brother - William, sisters - Eleanor and Elizabeth

CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 8/9/16