Ernest William Wigmore
Memorial: Old Sodbury - St John the Baptist Church
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Medals: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Driver 71753
Parents: Sarah Jane Wigmore
Home address: Coombs End, Old Sodbury
Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Old Sodbury, Bristol
Date of death: 25/06/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, France
Age: 22
Further information:
Ernest William Wigmore was born in 1895 in Old Sodbury to Sarah Jane Wigmore. Sarah was sixteen when he was born and his father is unnamed. Ernest was working as a farm labourer and living with his grandparents at Coombs End in Old Sodbury
Ernest enlisted in Bristol and served with the 27th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery and the 121st Battery, Royal Field Artillery as a driver
Ernest died on the 25th June 1917 at the age of 22 years and is buried at the La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast in France
Ernest William Wigmore is mentioned on both the Old Sodbury, St John's Church memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records