Lance Corporal 17265 Ernest WILLIAMSON

20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

Killed in Action, Saturday 15th April 1916, France, Age 19

Home address:

16 Read Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Born:

1897, Hyde, Cheshire

Parents:

Ellen Williamson and William Williamson
16 Read Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

Weaver, Cotton Mill

Enlisted:

Manchester, Lancashire

Remembered:

Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme, France, plot V, row C, grave 17.

Link to Hyde:

Born in Hyde

From the Manchester Evening News, Friday 28th April 1916, page 4, column 6:

Killed instantly by a “Canister” on the 15th inst.