Lance Corporal 10311 Ernest James

Census details:
1901 - 7 years old Ernest is living at 56 Albert Street, Longton, Staffs with parents Samuel (33), Mary A (30) and five siblings: Mary A (10), James (9), Thomas (9), Louisa (4), George H (1). 1911 - Sees 17 years old 'Colliery Horse Driver' Ernest living at 140 High Street, Longton with parents Samuel (43), Mary Ann (40) and six siblings: Mary Ann (20), James (19), Louise (14), George Henry (11), Sarah (9), Samuel (6).

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[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url] Age taken from census.

Ernest James Lance Corporal 10311 6th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Ernest was born in Longton in Staffordshire. He enlisted at Warrington in 1915 to join the South Lancashire Regiment. While serving at Gallipoli he died there on Monday the 9th of August 1915. No record has been found of where he was living in Billinge, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission do not give an age or name any next of kin, but give their address as Kirkdale, Liverpool. His name is recorded on the Helles Memorial, Turkey, panels 139 and 140, and on St. Aidan`s C.E. Church Memorial. Sources:- St. Helens Local History Library, Soldiers killed in the Great War; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; St. Aidan`s Parish Magazine, October 1915 and January 1916. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information courtesy of Billinge History Society[/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/SLR_1.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Helles Memorial bearing the inscription for Lance Corporal Ernest James (Photograph courtesy of Phil Wood off GWF )[/caption]