Ernest Charles Wagstaff
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: William Henry and Catherine Wagstaff
Marital status: Married
Home address: 7 Chapel Street, Merthyr Tydfil
Date of birth: 1918
Date of death: 11/12/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Southampton (Hollybrook) Cemetery and commemorated on the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 26
Further information:
Ernest was born and raised in Merthyr Tydfil, the son of a labourer. He married Winifred M. Jenkins in 1940 and enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1941.
Ernest was washed overboard from the ship on which he was serving and initially he was reported as missing presumed drowned. Three months later his records were changed to “died as the result of an accident” when his body was found and he was subsequently buried in Southampton.
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/