Roy Ernest BLACK

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BLACK

Forename(s): Roy Ernest

Place of Birth: Newmarket, Suffolk

Service No: 99156

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Army Medical Corps

Battalion / Unit: 326th Field Ambulance

Division: ---

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-10-10

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: WADDINGTON, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Roy Ernest Black was the son of Herbert and Sarah Black, née Hammond. Herbert was born at Doncaster and Sarah at Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire.

1901 Newmarket, Suffolk Census: 73, St. Philips Road - Roy E. Black, aged 9 years, born Newmarket, son of Herbert and Sarah Black.

1911 Waddington, Yorkshire Census: 80, Waddington - Roy Ernest Black, aged 19 years, born Newmarket, Suffolk. [Roy was living with his aunt, Alice Hammond.]

The British Army Service Record for Roy Ernest Black exists but may be incomplete.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Roy Ernest Black, 99156, 326 F. Amb. R.A.M.C. Date and Place of Death: Was drowned at sea on 10.10.18 on the occasion of the torpedoing of R.M.S. Leinster. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Herbert. £7 10s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Roy. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Miss Alice Hammond. Relationship: Aunt. (Gratuity). Address: Waddow View, Katie Lane, Waddington, Clitheroe. Dependant: Mr Herbert Black. Age: 59 Years. Relationship: Father. Address: 114, Castle Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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