Name
Ernest Frederick Wilshire
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/11/1917
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
241606
Suffolk Regiment
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL
Panel 4.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Baldock Town Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Church Memorial, Baldock
Pre War
Ernest was born in Kensington on 25th of March 886. He enlisted in Hammersmith when working in London.
Wartime Service
He was killed in action on 26th of November 1917 and had only been in France for about three months. He was formerly 28635 Bedfordshire Regiment.
Additional Information
Son of Mr and Mrs Wilshere, 1 Avenue Villas, Baldock. They had two other sons serving, Charles at Mesopotamia and Cecil, who was in America at the time of Ernest's death.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts, Paul Johnson
