Name
Ernest William Stephen Mayes
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/06/1915
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14864
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY
II.H.4.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Benington War Memorial
St. Peter’s Church Roll of Honour Benington
Pre War
Ernest was the son of Herbert & Jane Elizabeth Mayes.
Wartime Service
On the 19th June 1915 Ernest was asleep in a trench along with another Benington resident, Reginald Jack Warner, when a German shell fell amongst them, killing them both. The body of Ernest Mayes was recovered and buried but that of Reg Warner was never found and his name is recorded on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Additional Information
www.stevenageatwar.com
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild
Paul Johnson
