MORRALL Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    MORRALL
  • Service Number:
    15393
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    6th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd August 1915
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, France, Grave II. C. 7.
  • Place of Birth:
    Redditch, resident Studley, Warwickshire, enlisted Birmingham
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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MORRALL Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About MORRALL Ernest

On the 1901 census Ernest Morrall aged 11, scholar, lived with his parents Jabez, employer toolmaker and Susan Morrall and his siblings, at Dagtail, Feckenham.  On 1911 census Ernest aged 21, Needle Grinder, was married to Hilda and they lived 1 Hemmings Entry, Prospect Hill, Redditch.

Birmingham Daily Post, Saturday 4th September 1915:
Death of Private E. Morrall
An official intimation has been received of the death, while serving at the Dardanelles with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, of Private E. Morrall, son of Mr and Mrs F. Morrall, Redditch Road, Studley.  He was 20 years of age, and prior to enlisting, was employed at the Birmingham Small Arm Co., Redditch Works.

Birmingham Daily Post courtesy of the British Library:  http://www.britishnewspaperarchives.co.uk

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