Name
King Ernest Sole
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
13/10/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
29730
Hampshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier & Face 7C & 7B
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Ashwell memorials
Pre War
Born Ashwell in 1876 he was the son of George SOLE & Mary Ann SOLE (nee SHAMBROOK). By 1901 they had moved to Branksome in Dorset. Enlisted at Porchester, Dorset.
Wartime Service
Formerly 17032 of the Dorsetshire Regiment.
On the 27th of October 1917 an article in the Hertfordshire Express reports that Ernest is now listed as killed in action, having been reported missing "for a long time". The article mentions that "it appears he was mortally wounded in October of last year."
Additional Information
Ernest grew up at Hare Park Farm, Ashwell, before moving to Bournemouth.
Acknowledgments
Derry Warners
Adrian Pitts
