L/Cpl
Ernest Hampson
Information about birth
Year of birth: 1897 |
Army information
Country: England, United Kingdom |
Force: British Expeditionary Force |
Rank: Lance Corporal |
Service number: 51708 |
Units: — Manchester Regiment, 20th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 01/10/1917 |
Age: 20 |
Cemetery
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: XXII Row: D Grave: 5 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Sources 1
20 Battalion Manchester Regiment, (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/1663/1). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Sources used |
More information 3
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480264 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=84621a56-46ac-4f2a-8057-3e346702f033 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1773701 |