Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)
Date of death
4 November 1918
Age of death
19
Address
16 Windsor Road
Wanstead
RED
E11 3QU
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
France
Biography
Ernest Bennett was born in 1899, the youngest of five children. His father was a telephone clerk and his three older brothers also went into clerking for various businesses.
In 1911, the family was living at 16 Windsor Road, Wanstead, at which point Ernest and his sister, Alice, were still at school.
He enlisted in the army with the 5th Battalion, City of London (London Rifle Brigade) and was sent to the Western Front where he was killed in battle on 4th November 1918. He was buried in the Seaborg Communal Cemetery, France.
Research by Redbridge Museum
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com