Lance Corporal Ernest William Barlow, 14611835
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- Unit - Royal Engineers
- Section - 4 Bomb Dsiposal Company
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 20/09/1944
- Age - 36
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Ernest was the son of Charles and Eliza Ann Barlow and husband of Connie Barlow, of Wigston.
He died aged 36 on the 20/09/1944 while serving with 4 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers.
On the 20th September 1944, 4 Bomb Disposal Company were in the process of rendering an enemy mine harmless when, at 13.20; it exploded killing eight men and injuring a further five. Sapper T. Bradshaw, Sapper J.A. Brady, Sapper J.W. Bridges, Corporal E.F. Brooks, Sapper N. Jolley, Sapper A.E. Martin and Lance Sergeant A.J. Maskell also died at this incident.
He is buried in Wigston Cemetery.
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Submitted by D. Langton 2019
- Conflict - World War II
- Burial Place - Wigston Cemetery Section H Grave 67
