Casualties

Private Ernest James Radford 40422

Rank
Private
Service No
40422
Unit
Leicestershire Regiment
Battalion
6
Date of Birth
1891
Date of Death
06/11/1918
Age at Death
26
Decoration
-

Research Findings

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project Michael Doyle; Their Name Liveth For Evermore
Conflict - -
Cause of Death - Died Of Wounds
Place of Death - -
Burial Place/Commemoration - Welford Road Cem., Leicester, England, Grave Reference: Cc.604.
CWGC/GPS - GBLE63 - 52.61996 - 1.12969
Place of Birth - Leicester
Place of Residence - -
Enlisted - Leicester
Former Unit - -
Former Unit No. - -
Attached Unit - -
Special Categories - -
Memorials - St. Nicholas's Church, Leicester, All Souls Church, Leicester

Research Notes

Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.

He was the son of William Radford, a boot trade warehouseman, born 1855 in Mansfield, Notts., and his wife Mary Jane Radford (nee Perkins, married q2 1878 in the Leicester district), born 1856 in Leicester. Ernest James was born in q3 1891 in Leicester, his siblings were, Frank W., a boot trade warehouseman, born 1879, Ada Louisa, a tailoress, born 1886 and Harry Perkins, born 1888, all his siblings were born in Leicester, in March 1901 the family home was at 33, Coventry Street, Leicester. In April 1911 Ernest was employed as a hosiery manufacturer’s clerk and was residing in the family home at 113, Bismarck Street, Leicester, together with his father, a boot manufacturers examiner, his mother and siblings, Harry, a brass foundry clerk and Ada, a hosiery trade machinist.

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