Rifleman 45666 Ernest Walter Leivesley

The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M

Regiment/Unit: Royal Irish Rifles - London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: M/32257, R.A.S.C.

Age at death: 19
Date of death: 23rd of August 1918 (Friday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Bray Military Cemetery - I. AI. 14.

Family details:
Son of Moses and Elizabeth Leivesley, of 41, Park Rd., St. Helens, Lancs.

Census details:
1901 - 1 year old Ernest Walter living with his parents Moses 42, Elizabeth 37 and siblings Rachel 17, Elizabeth 15, Jane 11, John Will 9, and Thomas Albert 5 at 46 Park Street, St Helens 1911 - Sees 11 years old schoolboy Ernest W living at 67 Park Road, Parr, St Helens with parents Moses (52), Elizabeth (49) and four siblings: Jane (21), John Willie (19), Thomas Albert (15), Robert Cecil (5).

Notes:
Initials shown as F.W. on the cenotaph. Note initial in image.

[pic]tpics/45666_Lievseley.jpg[/pic][caption]Image courtesy of Jeff Keenan from the Local Press[/caption] [pic]tpics/45666_Leivesley.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Rifleman Ernest Walter Leivesley at St Helens Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption] [pic]imgs/sppics/EW_Leivesley_RIR.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Rifleman Ernest Walter Leivesley at Bray Military Cemetery (Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]