NameErnest ASQUITH, 3C2R
Birth20 Sep 1895, Morley, Yorkshire
Death17 Sep 1916, France
BurialThiepval Memorial Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, Picardie, France
Notes for Ernest ASQUITH
In the 1901 census 103 Fountain Street, Morley, Yorkshire
Head William Asquith, age 37, woollen spinner, worker, born Morley
Wife Charlotte Louisa Asquith, age 33, born Newcastle, Durham
Son Ernest Asquith, age 6, born Morley
In the 1911 census Oakwood, 16 Worrall Street, Morley, West Yorkshire
Head William Asquith, age 49, woolen spinner, woolen cloth manufacturing, worker, born Morley
Wife Charlotte Louisa Asquith, age 43, married 20 years, 2 children born alive 1 still living, born Birtley, Durham
Son Ernest Asquith, age 16, single, clerk for a fruit preservers, worker, born Morley
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Gravestone at Morley Cemetery says
Second Lieutenant Ernest Asquith, (1st East Yorkshire) son of the above [Charlotte Louisa Asquith] killed in action September 17, 1916, aged 21 years
National Probate Calendar
Ernest Asquith of Oakwoo 16 Worrall-street Morley Leeds a second-lieutenant in the East Yorkshire Regiment died 17 September 1916 in France Administration (with Will) Wakefield 12 January 1917 to William Asquith woollen spinner [father]. Effects 220 pounds
UK Soldiers Died in the Great War
Ernest Asquith
Death Date: 17 Sep 1916
Rank:2 Lieutenant (T)
Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 9th Battalion
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Asquith
Birth Date: 20 Feb 1895
Death Date: 17 Sep 1916
Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
Burial or Cremation Place:
Thiepval, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France