Ernest Dunn
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment - The Green Howards
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 4391625
Parents: Ernest E and Hilda Dunn
Home address: 41 Warren Road, Filton, Bristol
Date of birth: 1919
Place of birth: Durham
Date of death: 03/07/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Gentbrugge Communal Cemetery, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Not commemorated on a local memorial
Age: 21
Further information:
Ernest was born in Durham, the son of an engineer and one of five children.
Ernest went over to France with the 4th battalion as part of the British Expeditionary Force. The BEF was subsequently defeated by the Germans and forced to retreat. Most of Ernest’s battalion were evacuated from Dunkirk between the 26th May and 4th June 1940, but Ernest was among those left behind to fight allowing the main body of troops to escape. Ernest was wounded, taken prisoner of war and died of his wounds just four weeks after the last boats had left.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/