Bombardier Ernest Rimmington, 20170
- Batt -
- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
- Section - "c" Battery, 91st Brigade
- Date of Birth - 21/10/1895
- Died - 03/10/1916
- Age - 21
Add to this record?
If you have photographs, documents or information that can contribute to this record, you can upload here
ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Charles Henry and Amelia Rimmington. Prior to the war he was a Midland Railway dining car attendant. After enlistment and training he embarked for France in July 1915. He was mortally wounded by a shell which burst in a trench, and he died the next day. His commanding officer wrote:- “I was afraid he had no chance of recovery as his wounds were too severe, but in spite of them he was cheerful, and behaved splendidly like the gallant fellow he was.”
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Place - V B 46, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'abbe
- Other Memorials - E. Rimmington
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Royal Field Artillery
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Heilly Station Cem., Mericourt-l'abbe, France
- Born - Oakham, Rutland
- Enlisted - 3/9/14 In Bradford, Yorks
- Place of Residence - Cottesmore, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. NICHOLAS'S CHYRD. MEM., COTTESMORE, RUTLAND
