We remember Ernest March

We remember Ernest March

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Timeline

Timeline

 
1896
birth Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics United Kingdom Source:9432497 Source:9432502 1896
1901
location 11 The Green, Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics United Kingdom parents address Source:9432526 31st March 1901 - 2nd April 1911
1911
employment shop assistant - butchery department Co-Operative Society Market Harborough United Kingdom Source:9432501 2nd April 1911
1914
dates Age 19 Source:9432526 18th November 1914
1914
enlistment Market Harborough, Leics United Kingdom Source:9432526 18th November 1914
1915
theatres Western Europe :1 Source:9432526 29th July 1915 - 25th March 1918
1916
hospitalisation Wounded in the field - GSW right knee Hospital/Institution Source:9432526 7th June 1916
1916
hospitalisation GSW right thigh Hospital/Institution Source:9432526 29th June 1916
1916
hospitalisation Scabies Hospital/Institution Source:9432526 9th July 1916
1916
hospitalisation Abcess Hospital/Institution Source:9432526 8th November 1916 - 12th November 1916
1918
dates Age 21 Source:7207629 25th March 1918
service British Army Private 16083 Leicestershire Regiment 11th Bn. Source:7207629
1918
death Died of wounds Wounded so badly that he died on the way to the dressing station. France Source:7207629 Source:9432502 25th March 1918
burial St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Seine-Maritime France P. VI. J. 4A Source:7207629

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Ernest
Initials E
Last Name March
Source 2912090
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
11 The Green, Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics United Kingdom parents address 31st March 1901 - 2nd April 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 16083 Leicestershire Regiment 11th Bn. Private
Awards
AwardTypeSource
1914/15 Star First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Clara March mother
John Thomas March father

Media

Media

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  • ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, FRANCE
    CWGC Cemetery

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    Liz37211

  • Tablet in Great Bowden Parish Church
    1914-1918 Memorial

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    Liz37211

  • Great Bowden Parish Church
    Great Bowden Parish Church dressed in knitted poppies to commemorate 100 years since the Armistice of 1918.

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    Liz37211

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Liz37211
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Liz37211
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Liz37211
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Liz37211
Leicestershire and Rutland, Soldiers Died 1914-1920 Transcription Liz37211
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Liz37211

External Evidence

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UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 Liz37211
Newspapers and the Great War blog by John Dilley Liz37211
Link to brother, William "Willie" March Liz37211

Multimedia

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ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN, FRANCE Liz37211
Tablet in Great Bowden Parish Church Liz37211
Great Bowden Parish Church Liz37211

Stories

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