Ernest William Shellard
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Guardsman 26726
Parents: George and Edith Mary (Nee Robbins) Shellard
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 18 Bath Street, Staple Hill, Bristol. 1901 and 1911 Census, the Family lived in Bath Street, Staple Hill, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Boot Maker
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 17/10/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grace – Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Age: 23
Further information:
Ernest Shellard was born in 1894 (1st Quarter) in Mangotsfield, Bristol and Baptised at Christ Church, Downend on 2 March 1898, the same day as his brother Alfred Gilbert. The son of George and Edith Mary Shellard, he was the oldest of the two boys, his younger brother Alfred Gilbert also died during the war. The family home was in Staple Hill, Bristol.
Ernest was a Boot Maker until he joined up as a Private with the Grenadier Guards, 4th Batallion. Ernest was Killed in Action at Flanders, France and died on 7 October 1917 aged 23 years. He is remembered at Tyne-Cot Memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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.
Ancestry.co.uk
Forces War Records