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Surname: FORD
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Barnsley, Yorkshire
Service No: 34817
Rank: L/Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers
Battalion / Unit: 18th (Service) Battalion. (2nd South-East Lancashire)
Division: 35th Division
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1917-07-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. G. 35.
CWGC Cemetery: TEMPLEUX-LE-GUERARD BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Ernest Ford (born 8 July 1890) was the son of Walter and Martha Beighton Ford, née Gandy. Walter was born at Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire and Martha at Ecclesfield, Yorkshire.
1891 Barnsley, Yorkshire Census: 2, Prospect Street - Ernest Ford, aged 8 months, born Barnsley, son of Walter and Martha Ford.
1901 Sheffield, Yorkshire Census: 27, Fitzmaurice Road, Attercliffe - Ernest Ford, aged 10 years, born Barnsley, Yorkshire, son of Walter and Martha Ford.
1911 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 129, Back Lane - Ernest Ford, aged 20 years, born Barnsley, Yorkshire. [Ernest and his brother Fred were boarding with Henry and Sarah Ann Audley.]
Ernest was married to Edith Stansfield in 1912.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ernest Ford, 34817, Lan. Fus.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Ernest Ford, 34817, 18th Lan. Fus.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: L/Cpl Ernest Ford, 34817, 18th Bn Lancas. Fus. Date and Place of Death: 17.7.17. In Action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Edith. £6 7s. 1d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: L/Cpl Ernest Ford, 34817, 18th Btn Lancs. Fus. Date and cause of death 17.7.17. Killed in Action. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Edith, born 20.2.90. Address 1. 23, Scott's Terrace, Burnley, Lancs. Address 2. 9, Harcourt Street, Burnley, Lancs. Children: Dorothy, born 28.4.13. Kitty, born 16.9.14.
In 1921 Edith and her daughters were living at 9, Harcourt Street, Burnley.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
FORD, Lance Corporal Fred, Lancs. Fus., 6, Ickornshaw, [Cowling], killed in action, France, July 18, 1917.
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L/Corporal Ernest FORD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 35th Division
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03 August 1917
FORD – July 18th 1917, killed in action on the Western Front, Lance-Corporal E. Ford, Lancashire Fusiliers, husband of Mrs. Ford of Ickornshaw, Cowling.
03 August 1917
COWLING – VICTIM OF A GERMAN SHELL
Mrs. E. Ford, 6, Ickornshaw, Cowling, has received a letter from Lieut. Greaves informing her that her husband, Lance Corporal E. Ford, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, had been killed instantaneously by pieces of a 4.2 German shell on July 18th. After expressing the esteem in which the deceased was held and the sympathy and regret of the company in losing so able an N.C.O., he said he was laid to rest in a small village behind the lines with full military honours, two officers and a number of men from his company being present, and the last post sounded over his grave.
Before joining the Colours on June 3rd 1916, Lance Corporal Ford was in the employ of the Burnley Corporation, and went out to France in January last. He has three brothers and a brother-in-law serving with the Forces, and Mrs. Ford has three brothers serving at the Front in France. Another brother has received his discharge after being wounded.
Mrs. Ford’s residence, No. 6 Ickornshaw, is one of a block of four houses, from which three have already made the supreme sacrifice, while another is in hospital severely wounded. Lance Corporal Ford leaves a widow and two children.
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03 August 1917
FORD – July 18th in France, Lance Corpl. E. Ford, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, husband of Mrs. Ford, of 6, Ickornshaw, Cowling.
03 August 1917
COWLING SOLDIER KILLED
Mrs. E. Ford, 6, Ickornshaw, Cowling, has received a letter from Lieut. Greeves, informing her that her husband, Lance-Corpl. E. Ford, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, had been killed instantaneously by pieces of a 4.2 German shell on July 18th. After expressing the esteem in which the deceased was held, and the sympathy and regret of the company in losing so able a N.C.O., he said that he was laid to rest in a small village behind the lines with full military honours, two officers and a number of men from his company being present, and the last post being sounded over his grave.
Before joining the colours on June 3rd, 1916, Lance-Corporal Ford was in the employ of the Burnley Corporation, and went out to France in January last. He has three brothers and a brother-in-law serving with the forces, and Mrs. Ford has three brothers serving at the Front in France, and another brother has received his discharge after being wounded. Mrs. Ford’s residence, No 6, Ickornshaw, is one of a block of four houses, from which three have already made the supreme sacrifice, while another is in hospital severely wounded.
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