Ernest Charles Radford
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 9792
Parents: Isaac and Mary Ann (Nee Campbell) Radford
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: 11 Bath Buildings, Staple Hill, Bristol Lived: 1901 and 1911 Census – Albert Road, Staple Hill, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Leather Dresser (1911 Census)
Date of birth: 1892
Date of death: 01/07/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Thiepval Memorial, France
Age: 23
Further information:
Ernest was born in 1892 (2nd Quarter), Baptised at St Philip and St Jacob Church, Bristol on 1/08/1894. He married Lavinia Webb) in 2nd Quarter 1915. Ernest and Lavinnia had one daughter Violet Phyllis Rosina born on 26 November 1915. Ernest's mother died in 1904 and his father married a Charlotte Burge in 1909.
Ernest served with the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry and was Killed in Action on 1/07/1916. Ernest was killed on the first day of the Battle of The Somme. He had only recently been discharged from hospital on the 8th June having suffered from Trench Fever.
Ernest is commemorated on the Christ Church Downend Memorial and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.