Name
Ernest Cole
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/05/1918
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Rifleman
99334
The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
1st/5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT
V. B. 3.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Stanstead Abbotts Village Memorial
Pre War
Born in 1894 in Peckham, South London, by 1911 had moved to Stanstead Abbotts and was living in Chaseway Cottage on the Easneye Estate as a boarder with the Wren family and working as a domestic gardener.
Wartime Service
On joining the Army was posted to the Huntingdon Cyclists Battalion and served in the UK, until he was sent to France in July 1916. He was transferred with 90% of the Battalion to 5th Kings (Liverpool) Regt. Fought with them through the Battles of the Somme in 1916, then at Arras and Cambrai in 1917. In March 1918 the Battalion fought against the enemy in the German offensives, Operation Michael and Operation Georgette until the end of April. Sporadic fighting continued in the area and Ernest was killed in action on 4/05/1918.
Acknowledgments
Terry Collins
