Leicestershire War Memorials

Gunner Ernest West, 201959

Batt -
Unit - Royal Field Artillery
Section - 504th Battery, 14th Brigade

Date of Birth -
Died - 24/06/1917
Age - 31

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Arthur and Mary Ann West of The Lodge, Boars Hill, Oxford, and the husband of Gertrude Lily West.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Burial Place - Xiv D 20a, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Royal Field Artillery
Former Unit n.o - 89065
Former Unit - Royal Garrison Artillery
Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
Burial Commemoration - Lijssenthoek Mil. Cem., Poperinghe, Belgium
Born - Hinckley, Leics
Enlisted - Hinckley, Leics
Place of Residence - 12 New Buildings, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - HINCKLEY MEM., LEICS

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