BIRD Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    BIRD
  • Service Number:
    23027
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Welsh Regiment
  • Battalion:
    16th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 7A and 10A.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and resident Wenvoe, Glamorgan, enlisted Cardiff
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of T.W. and Annie Bird, of Twynyrodyn, Wenvoe, Cardiff

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BIRD Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern Link Council School now in Malvern Link Somers Park School
Newlands St Leonard’s Church

Further Information About BIRD Ernest

1901 Census
3 Chapel Row, Wenvoe, Glamorgan
Thomas Bird, head, aged 44, Quarryman Stone Worker
Annie Bird, wife, aged 42
Clara M. Bird, daughter, aged 9, Scholar
Florence L. Bird, daughter, aged 8, Scholar
William H. Bird, son, aged 6, Scholar
Edward J. Bird, son, aged 5, Scholar
Ernest Bird, son, aged 4, born Wenvoe, Glamorgan
George Bird, son, aged 3
Wilfred T. Bird, son, aged 2
Lena T. Bird, daughter aged 2 weeks

1911 Census
Choir School, Newlands, Malvern
Ernest Bird, boarder, age 12, school, born Wenvoe, Glamorgan.

Malvern Link County Primary School (also known as Malvern Link Council School) Admission Book:
Date of admission: 5th September 1910
Ernest Bird, born 14th December 1898
Address: The Choir School, Newland
Parent/Guardian: Rev. R. Wylde
Previous School: The Choir School
Date of Leaving: 26th July 1912 – ‘Left Malvern’

Malvern News, 16th September 1916:
Ernest Bird, formerly a Newland choir boy has been killed in France whilst being carried to the Ambulance.

Ernest Bird has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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