ROBERTS Ernest

  • First Name(s):
    Ernest 
  • Surname:
    ROBERTS
  • Service Number:
    47110
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 40706 Royal Warwick Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    3rd September 1918
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave II. F. 17.
  • Place of Birth:
    Hindlip, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester, resident Barbourne
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mrs. Louisa Harris, 14 Alma St., Barbourne, Worcester

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ROBERTS Ernest Is Named On These Memorials

Fernhill Heath War Memorial Hall Roll of Honour
Hindlip School
Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Further Information About ROBERTS Ernest

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

A photograph of Private E. Roberts of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 12th October 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
1911 Census
Ernest Roberts, aged 11, school boy, was living at Oakeys Lane, Fernhill Heath as nephew of Haydon and Eliza Williams.
At the same address: Haydon Williams (uncle), carpenter, aunt and 5 boy cousins.

The 1st Inniskilling Fusiliers was a component of the 87th Infantry Brigade. In September 1918 the Brigade was engaged in “The Hundred Days Offensive”. This was the final period of the First World War, during which the Allies launched a series of offensives against the Germans on the Western Front from the 8th August to the 11th November 1918. The offensive pushed the Germans out of France, forcing them to retreat beyond the Hindenburg Line. The term “Hundred Days Offensive” does not refer to a specific battle or unified strategy, but rather the rapid series of Allied victories starting with the Battle of Amiens. There is no particular action noted to have taken place on the 3rd September, but the 87th Brigade was in the vicinity of Ploegsteert in early September.

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