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Name : Ernest Albert Westmore. Son of George Westmore and Caroline Westmore (née Broom)(died 1915), of Blackwater, Isle of Wight; husband of Lucy T. Westmore, of Copse Lane, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Born 1885, Blackwater, Isle of Wight. Married 1907, Lucy Theresa Neve. Children : Dorothea Lucy Caroline, born 1909, Shide. |
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Census Information :
1891 : George and Caroline Westmore, with their children including Ernest aged 6, are at Marvel Road, Carisbrooke. George Westmore is an Agricultural Labourer. 1901 : George and Caroline Westmore, with their children including Ernest aged 16, are at Marvel Road, Carisbrooke. George Westmore is an Ordinary Agricultural Labourer, Ernest Westmore is a Labourer On Farm & Cow Lad. 1911 : Ernest and Lucy Westmore, with their daughter Dorothea, are at Shide Cottage, Shide, Newport. Ernest Westmore is a Gardener Domestic. |
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Service details : Private 26660 Ernest Albert Westmore, 1st Bn., Wiltshire Regiment. Formerly Private 25059, Hampshire Regiment. | |
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Casualty Details :
Died : 24 March 1918, aged 33. Commemorated at : Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. CWGC record ... |
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Commemorated on these Memorials :
St Lawrence War Memorial St Lawrence Church, Roll of Honour County War Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle |
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ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, May 31, 1919 Page 8 THE ISLAND AND THE WAR CASUALTY KILLED PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. Pte. E.A. Westmore, Wiltshire Regiment (St. Lawrence) ST. LAWRENCE Mrs. E.A. Westmore, of Rocklands Cottage, Church-lane, St Lawrence (formerly of Shide-hill Lodge, Newport), has been officially notified that her husband, Pte. Ernest Albert Westmore, 1st Wiltshire Regiment, youngest son of Mr. G. Westmore, of Blackwater, who was reported missing on March 24th, 1918, at the battle of Bapaume, is now presumed to have been killed on that date. |
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Further Information :
Bapaume Bapaume note |
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Acknowledgments :
Janet Griffin for newspaper research |
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Page status :
Page last updated : 20 March 2012 (added to website) |
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