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Surname: SHERWOOD
Forename(s): Ernest
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 231602
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Battery 290th Brigade
Division: 58th (2/1st London) Division
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1918-03-23
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 7 to 10.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: POZIERES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Sherwood was the son of William and Jane Sherwood, formerly Crabtree, née Hartley. William was born in the Pocklington/Market Weighton area and Jane at Harden near Bingley, Yorkshire.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 18, Cook's Yard - Ernest Sherwood, aged 1 year, born Skipton, son of William and Jane Sherwood.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 6, Byron Street - Ernest Sherwood, aged 11 years, born Skipton, son of William and Jane Sherwood.
Ernest was married to Kate Marion Rampling in 1910 and was the brother-in-law of Private William George Rampling (265179) (q.v.).
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 87, Newmarket Street - Ernest Sherwood, aged 21 years, born Skipton, husband of Kate Sherwood.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr Ernest Sherwood, 231602, Royal Field Artillery.
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:
SHERWOOD, Gunner Ernest, aged 28, R.F.A., 58, Russell Street, Skipton, killed Mar. 23, 1918.
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Gunner Ernest SHERWOOD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 58th (2/1st London) Division
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03 May 1918
Gunner Ernest Sherwood, Skipton
News was received on Sunday by Mrs. Sherwood, 58 Russell Street, Skipton, that her husband, Gunner Ernest Sherwood, R.F.A., had been killed in action in France on March 23rd. Twenty-eight years of age, Gunner Sherwood enlisted on April 2nd 1917, and went out to France in October. He was formerly a weaver in the employ of Messrs. Clegg, and was a member of the local Tent of Rechabites. Deceased’s brother, Pte. Fred Sherwood, and brother-in-law, Pioneer E. J. Rampling, are also serving. Another brother-in-law, Pte. Willie Rampling, was killed in action some time ago.
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03 May 1918
SHERWOOD – Killed in action March 23rd, Gunner Ernest Sherwood, of the R.F.A., husband of Mrs. Sherwood, of 58, Russell Street, Skipton, aged 28.
03 May 1918
CRAVEN AND THE WAR
Gunner E. Sherwood Killed
News was received on Sunday last by Mrs. Sherwood, 58, Russell Street, Skipton, that her husband, Gunner Ernest Sherwood, R.F.A., had been killed in action on March 23rd. Gunner Sherwood, who was 23 years of age, enlisted in April. 1917, and went out to France in October. He was formerly employed by Messrs. Clegg’s, and was a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites. A brother. Pte. Sherwood, and a brother-in-law, Pioneer E. J. Rampling, are also serving. Another brother-in-law. Pte. Willie Rampling, was killed in action some time ago.
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