Rank
Captain
Regiment
Cheshire Regiment
Date of death
31 May 1918
Age of death
28
Address
1 Grove Road
Wanstead
RED
E11 3AN
Address source
1901 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
France
Biography
Ernest Fuller Thurgood was born in Wanstead in 1890. He was the youngest of six children born to James and Emily Thurgood. Ernest’s father, James, was a partner in W. Shuttleworth & Co. Tea Dealers, 34 Fenchurch Street, City of London but died in 1891 when Ernest was one year old.
By 1911, Ernest was living in Wandsworth with his Uncle Albert Rowlinson and was working as a tea buyer’s assistant. He joined the army after the outbreak of war and rose through the ranks to become a Captain in the 16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
Ernest was killed in action on 31st March 1918. He was buried in Chambrecy British Cemetery, France.
Research by Redbridge Museum
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com