Ernest ATTWATER
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Bertie ATTWATER
Sergeant - 10426, 10th Bn.,
South Wales Borderers |
| Sergeant - 201075, 7th Bn., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Son of Ernest Mark ATTWATER and Eliza Ann ATTWATER (nee Tyler). Born: January - March 1897 (Free BMD), in Milton District. Died: September 29, 1917, in Ypres, France. Buried: Cemetery of NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave or Reference Panel Number: II. D. 9. (Commonwealth War Graves Commission). 1901 Census: 16 Murston Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, England. Engaged to Dora Higgins at the time of his death. Ernest was killed in an aerial attack, a year before his brother Bertie. A German plane swooped down over the British lines and dropped four bombs, which killed and wounded many besides Ernest. |
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