Name
John Ellis
2 July 1892
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
03/07/1916
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
23482
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2C
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Ayot St Peter Memorial, Roll of Honour, St Peter's Church, Ayot St Peter, Not on the Welwyn Village memorials
Pre War
John Ellis was born in Welwyn on 2 July 1892 to George and Lucy Ellis and baptised on 8 July 1892 at Welwyn.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Mill Lane, Welwyn where his father was working as a agricultural labourer. His mother died in 1905 and the family had moved to Hobbs Hill, Welwyn by the 1911 Census. John was living with his widowed father and family and was working as a shepherd on a farm. His father later lived at Ayot St Peter.
Wartime Service
He enlisted at Dovercourt, Essex, and served with 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment and was attached to the 9th Essex Regiment.
He was killed in action on the third day of the Battle of the Somme.His body was not recovered for burial or not identified and his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Additional Information
His father received a war gratuity of £3 and pay owing of £2 15s 6d. Brother to George Arthur Ellis also named on the Ayot St Peter memorial.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
www.ayotstpeter.com
