Ernest William Gillingham

Ernest William Gillingham
Rank 
Sergeant
Regiment 
Essex Regiment
Date of death 
19 September 1918
Age of death 
23
Address 
26 Camden Terrace
Green Lane
Ilford
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Address source 
1911 Census
Cemetery / Memorial 
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Photo source 
War Memorial Gazette
Biography 

Ernest William Gillingham was born in Cambridge in 1895. His parents were Isaac Ernest and Emma Gillingham. Ernest had an older sister called Florence who was born in 1891, and a much younger brother Edwin who was born in 1909. In 1911, the family was living at 26 Camden Terrace on Green Lane, Ilford. Ernest was 16 and working as an office boy, his father was a railway guard, and his sister Florence was a dress maker.

Sergeant Ernest Gillingham was killed in action in Palestine on 19th September 1918 in the last battle of the campaign. Ernest’s body was buried in Ramleh War Cemetery in Israel.

Research by Redbridge Museum, with thanks to Frances Speakman

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.com