Name
Ernest Arthur Jocelyn
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/07/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Serjeant
266351
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
2nd/7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 22 to 25.
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Bishop's Stortford Town Memorial, United Reformed Church Memorial, Bishop's Stortford
Pre War
Ernest Arthur Jocelyn was born on 4 March 1895 In Kensington, London, the son of Charles and Ellen Jocelyn and baptised on 26 January 1898 at All Saints, Notting Hill (the same day as his brother Herbert and sister Beatrice). Although registered as Arthur Ernest, he was baptised as Ernest Arthur. His family lived at 29 Swinbrooke Row [Road] and his father worked as a Baker. On the 1901 Census the family were living at 29 Swinbrooke Road, Kensington. By 1911 Ernest was the only one of their children living at home at 68 Tavistock Crescent, North Kensington, and he was working as a porter.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Coventry, Warwickshire and served with the Warwickshire Regiment in France. He was officially a Corporal but on some records he is listed as an unpaid Lance Serjeant. He was killed in action and died during the battle of Frommelles and presumed missing on or since 19 July 1916. At 6.00 in the morning of 19 July 1916 the infantry attack started with the British 61st division (which included the Warwickshires) and 5th Australian, both recently arrived in the France. They were met with intense machine gun fire and shelling. Four waves of infantry were mown down one after the other. No man's land filled with the bodies of dead and wounded. In spite of the initial failure an equally futile second attack was launched at 9.00 am. In 24 hours the Australians lost 5,533 men and the British 1400 with nothing to show for it.
Additional Information
His father Charles received a war gratuity of £7 and pay owing of £6 15s 7d. Brother to Herbert Charles who died 24 June 1916. He and his brother joined the same battalion of the Warwickshire Regiment.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
